Our goal was to design and produce an extremely strong fork with plenty of tire clearance. After 2 years of R&D and a lot of investment in tooling, the Blade V.3 is available with a traditional 33mm offset. Here are a few features that make these forks so strong.
Using left and right specific investment cast drop-outs instead of traditional Cr-Mo plate, we’ve eliminated the weld gap on the inside of the drops and were able to thicken up the drops toward the top making a much stronger drop-out/leg connection.
Seamless, swaged legs provide more strength than welded or fused caps-especially if pegs are installed. The ends of these legs are formed, not capped and welded so there is nothing to fracture.
A longer 166mm CNC’d steerer tube with increased wall thicknesses wherever possible and a 24mm x 1.5 compression cap with integrated race.
Tapered and butted legs provide tons of strength, crown weld surface, and peg clearance.
Post weld 4Q Baked heat-treatment
SPECS >
| Legs | Seamless Swaged (No Welded Cap) |
| Dropouts | Investment Cast |
| Steerer Tube | 1 Piece CNC-Machined 4130 CrMo |
| Steerer Tube Length | 166mm |
| Compression | M24 X 1.5 Thread – 6mm Allen Slot |
| Axle to Crown | 320mm |
| Offset | 33mm |
| Weight | 2.25 lb (1.02 kg) |
| Heat Treat | 4Q Baked Post-Weld |
