Wound up forks?

ok since my easton ec90's cracked after one small crash i've decided to get some wound up forks as everything i've read about them is very positive. But, from what i can tell they're only available from america, does anyone know any uk importers/distributors, or better yet have a connection to help me get some? im not feeling to excited about having to pay import tax on a pair of $395 forks.

cheers

I have a question, what does this fork offer that the Easton didn't in terms of strength? A small crash will often write off a carbon fork, in fact any company will recommend replacement of these parts in the case of an accident regardless of visible damage. Easton forks are regarded as being sone of the best quality on the market. What kind of bike is it on? Maybe something other than carbon would be more suitable? Anyways I haven't heard of a uk dist. For wound up but il check and let you know later in the week. Bad luck with the eastons, they ain't cheap either!

crane, thinking about getting some for the new ride, when the insurance money from the crash comes through, I've only ever seen them available from aspirevelotech. Which is where I was thinking of getting them from when I'm in the states.
also have a word with multigrooves, he has a pair might be able to tip you off to where he got his.
also whenever I see them on the bay, they are usually from aspire as well.. though I suppose you could always go direct to wound up, might be cheaper.

hope this helps..

also as side note, if you don't mind waiting I'll be in the states from like july through august, so could probably pick up a pair and post them to you personally, which might cut out the customs charge...

let me know.

@patchurch its on my titanium bike, i have some heavy steel forks on it now which are horrible and slow. carbon is definetly the best option unless i can find some decent non-flexy ti ones

@corni, that would be very useful. im going to have to take the guy to small claims court, whcih will take ages, so it'll have to be out of my savings probably. if you see some then it would be excellent if you could let me know. i need 1 1/8 and a lot of steerer tube, so might be easier to get them new.

On reflection I feel I may have tried to give advice where it wasn't wanted or needed. If so please feel free to heckle/shake a fist in my general direction. On a serious note, if anyone is bringing them into the country, I should be able to source them. Il let you know mate

find out who their U.S distro is and see if they import to UK distro's.

Thats what I was going to do with a Masi frame I wanted, but the people on the UK side where fucking slack

On reflection I feel I may have tried to give advice where it wasn't wanted or needed. If so please feel free to heckle/shake a fist in my general direction. On a serious note, if anyone is bringing them into the country, I should be able to source them. Il let you know mate

advice is always welcome. if you find out any info. it will be greatly appreciated. Losing a pair of EC90's is a fucking pain in the arse, as they are amazing forks. I'm hearing good things about the wound up forks, but if they are a pigs ear to get i will just get some more eastons, or perhaps some 3t funda pro.

I would think TokyoFixedGear would be an idea distro to bring in the Woundup forks to England.

Heading up to London again, I'll try and pop in and ask them if it's possible.

On reflection I feel I may have tried to give advice where it wasn't wanted or needed. If so please feel free to heckle/shake a fist in my general direction. On a serious note, if anyone is bringing them into the country, I should be able to source them. Il let you know mate

FWIW I had exactly the same thought regarding Easton carbon forks.

i managed to buy a pair, a few years ago, for 60 quid :)

they are pretty tough the ones i had came off a tandem.

Yep, they survived murtle and me.. but then I've crashed lots of carbon forks and they've all survived.

I need some of these.

I will have two for sale, one with a steel streerer and one with a carbon steerer. The carbon one has a short steerer approx 170mm. These will be good to go hopefully in the next fortnight.

I have a pair of their disc forks. I bought them via the supplier of my bike as they don't seem to have a UK distributor. Aspirevelotech would seem to be the best option.

I will have two for sale, one with a steel streerer and one with a carbon steerer. The carbon one has a short steerer approx 170mm. These will be good to go hopefully in the next fortnight.

1 1/8? also i need almost a full steerer... im a big boy with a big headtube

any news on the distributor PatChurch?

I went to TokyoFixedGear, they're rather keen on the idea of becoming a distributor of Wound-Up fork.

excellent news. i might pop in and have a chat with them about it too

Is there a UK distributor for Wound Up forks yet? I think my Look forks may be for the bin.

:(

Found one...

TFG.

Three hundred fucking pounds.

Aspire velotech - Will order you in a pair takes about 3-4 weeks plus shipping from the U.S.

They quoted me £215 Shipped ( for Track Wound up )

Go Aspire.
Every time I've bought from them the service was pristine.
Only good stuff to say about them.

"Three hundred fucking pounds."

'sactly what I said to the baggage handlers :-

Think I'm gonna try Edge next

'sactly what I said to the baggage handlers :-

What came of this dude? Any avenues for redress?

Think I'm gonna try Edge next

More money, look uglier... IMO.

Im getting desparate as I need this stem out ASAP and might have to sacrifice the forks.