I think the swingarm was carbon on those proflex bikes.
Really????
Yes, there were carbon. Your arse is wrong... 😉
Yep, they were. Didn't think there would be any more knocking about though
not hijacking but yes they were carbon ...
the proflex brand is available i believe again i have seen a few shops selling the new uns
Isn't it an old Proflex? - they did have a carbon swingarm (some did anyway). Carbon your arse indeed! 😉
indeed carbon my arse!!!
just shows how much frame design has come on then !!!
to me it looked like a halfords 99.99 special
Just like this slightly better example on the bay..
Who do you think the £99 specials copied from? 🙂
Looks a bit suspect to me, especially as there are no decals on the frame.
i must admit they look better built up!
just shows how much frame design has come on then !!!
I dunno, apparently they were hella light and worked OK, at least until they snapped...
a friend had a bike with those forks on and they were actually quite nice to ride on
It's been resprayed, If memory serves the carbon tailed ones were a tasteful tiger-stripe colour scheme...the scheme that taste forgot...
Yeah I had one, for a lightweight XC full suss it was OK for it's time.
I had the 853 model (not to be confused with Reynolds tubing) in 1993. That had a steel swingarm. Then I had the 854 with an aluminium swingarm, both with elastomer rear shock and vector forks.... same as Djernis won the world champs on!
if its an 857 (cant see at work) then yup, easton carbon swingarms, made in mexico if memory serves me correctly.
Veeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy light.
Missing it's Girvins. Shame.
One of my customers has an unused Proflex kicking about, often wondered if it was worth asking for, but it would probably be another bit of junk taking up space in my garage.
Tis a good'un though all old XT and electric control shocks.
i reckon itsa K2 2000, released in 1998 iirc...
i've got a proflex 857, complete with Carbon fibre swingarm and Girvin Vectors. I gave it to my dad, he now rides it to the shops...
feeling foolish Renton?
(edit - 4000, thanks sheppie)
That k2 4000 is a decent machine.
I've often wondered why no-one makes any forks with a girvin vector type design any more. Light, stiff and easy to maintain. Would be even better with a modern air shock.
I've often wondered why no-one makes any forks with a girvin vector type design any more. Light, stiff and easy to maintain. Would be even better with a modern air shock.
They do.
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Would like them a lot more if the fork legs observed a more regular angle of rake, and had trailing dropouts like the old Vectors. They look a little crash damaged as they currently are.
I had some carbon Girvins which had a coil spring 'upgrade' over the elastomers. They were great until the seals went on the shock and then they were rubbish!
I traded them in for some Pace RC35s. Just went to try to find some photos, but I think they are in storage at the mo 🙁
Or [url= http://www.german-a.de/99grad/content/language_EN/chronik_carbon.html?&flash=1&&languageID=EN ]German A[/url]
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Definately Carbon, Renton 🙄
yep i think i should hang my head in shame!! 🙁 😳
Hmmm, the second ones (german A) look much better.
Those GermanA forks look like odd new AMP forks. Just don't worry about the pivots 😯
Oldgit - how much would they sell it for?
Myfatherwasawolf - Djernis won his world titles on Ritcheys. He stopped winning them when he signed for Proflex...
Clubber - pretty sure he won the world championships in 1994 on a Proflex - but thanks for trying 😉
http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/ploegfiche.php?id=9205
That 2nd one, I was looking at yesterday, what does the electronic box for the front sus do?
Djernis won his world titles on Ritcheys. He stopped winning them when he signed for Proflex...
I did a photoshoot with him when I was working at MBUK. We went round my mums house and he was eating parkin and drinking tea in her kitchen.
ME: "This is Henrik, mum, he's the world champion".
MUM: "Well, that's lovely, but can you ask him to move his van please, as he's blocking the drive and I need to go shopping".
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Saw that appear opposite my work the other day - musta sat in a shed for a long time
proflex animal in good condition with shit forks 😀
Still pretty sure he didn't 🙂 I'm pretty sure that he won his last world champ on a Ritchey and then rode for BMW-Proflex while in the rainbow jersey... The reason I'm so convinced is that at the time there was a big thing about whether suspension was better than hardtail and Djernis' change to Proflex was the perfect situation to 'prove' or disprove...
This suggests I'm right:
Hank won all three rainbow jerseys while he was riding for Ritchey
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jackthedog - Member
http://www.parafork.com/
Thanks for that link. I've got versions of assorted linkage forks, but I've never heard of Parafork before. Heavy things though!
Anyone got one?
one of the Oxford shops (cycle king i think) had a carboned proflex, think it was an 857, in the window for years marked up with the full RRP and then a "sale" sticker. They forgot to put the "10 year old bike" sign on it though...
Bit like the London Bridge shop with what must have been about the only production Pace full suspension frame at full RRP hanging on the wall for almost 10 years.
I don't even believe that Pace is for sale- if somebody tried to buy it I reckon the price tag would be whipped off quick as look at you.