Anyone any experience of them??

Oooooooh….

I’ll have 600 of them please;
http://xacd.en.alibaba.com/product/434601781-221658446/HOT_Ti_truss_fork.html

1,Ti truss fork with different specs and length for MTB bikes
2,HOT!
3.high stong

Hugh’s Pez Gordo Space Frame Fat Bike with Truss Forks by XACD

Little bird’s told me they are well made and nicely finished

I’ve bought 5 frames from XACD over the years – quality is OK but they’re a PITA to deal with, particularly as any minor mod is $50+ regardless of whether it costs more. Finishing details are a bit more agricultural than some of the other Chinese fabricators but the frames themselves are pretty solid. I did ask Waltly to make me a fat bike truss fork but they declined.

I’m going to go with it. At the end of the day, they’ve made a few of them!

I think that’s a good thing to go on

What are you planning on fitting them to Bonesetter?

Stooge 🙂

I was thinking of doing the same thing to my stooge.
After pricing up a steel spaceframe and headset AND new front hub, then realising I could shove a truss on the front of the stooge for cheaper.

Keep us posted – I still fancy one as the unicrown ti one I’ve got is quite flexy

They’re using really big looking tubes in them. Any way you could get some wee skinny tubes like the jones wans?

Is it possible to buy a jones truss without a frame attached?
What about it fitting the head tube length? Quite long on the stooge

Jones truss fork costs £1100

XACD one is a couple or three hundred and can be spec’d to anything you want

Wow! Xacd it is then!

Retrodirect – Member

They’re using really big looking tubes in them. Any way you could get some wee skinny tubes like the jones wans?

How else would they get the stong that high? 😆

Any equivalently respected chinese (or uk) places that work in steel for not too many pennies? 4130 Steel truss would be nice.

High stong!

Who produces a steel truss?

Field cycles made a truss fork for his own personal bike I believe. Can’t imagine it’ll be cheap though!

More than XACD?

XACD one is a couple or three hundred and can be spec’d to anything you want

Out of curiosity i just spoke to them. £375 they want. Too much to risk on ti without a warranty, atleast for me.

Really like the ride of my jones and want a truss to see if it’s as revolutionary to the ride as the geometry and bars have been, but after getting a jones steel fork and headset it ends up costing more than what i paid for the complete bike. Are they that good?

XACD do provide a warranty – you just have the cost of sending the defective product back to them. TBH I’d rather deal direct with a Chinese company than the merry-go-round you sometimes get between your LBS, distributor and manufacturer who simply fob-off the problem on each other.

Retrodirect, I’d have a steel Jones fork over a Chinese copy every time. I have ti and steel truss forks and the only real difference is a bit of weight. They do feel good to ride and the steel stuff is good vfm imo. Jeff backs his stuff up, you won’t get fob-offs there. Very much a small brand service. It’s all subjective but I’m fine with paying what his stuff costs vs trade on other products, for a number of reasons.

Can Jones’ steel truss be bought on its own?

The ti can – 1100 pounds

Can Jones’ steel truss be bought on its own?

Yes, unless something has changed, I got one when I crashed and bent my unicrown fork.

Any idea on pricing?

Just give give Jeff a ring ! He’s so chatty – you’ll be on the phone ten minutes, before you get to ask him how much 😉

Steel is £600 from biff

Thanks Retro