*Prebook - Will Deliver in April 2025*

f we had our way, every single person who buys the Dark Star frame (or any hardtail) would also buy a rigid fork to go with it. We hate the notion that MTB standards change so quickly that in five years your new MTB may be “obsolete.” as your trail rig. We don't believe in investing money or resources into anything that won't be useful for decades to come. This problem is easily solved though.

Paired with a rigid fork, your MTB will forever be a useful tool as a transportation or bikepacking bike. Just look at all the 30 year old 26” wheeled hardtails that have been resurrected for daily riding duties the past few years. The Dark Star with the rigid fork is like that, but way more fun and playful as modern MTB geo and technology is a real marvel.

Also, the Future Proof has an axle to crown measurement of 501. If you take a 120mm suspension fork (531 ATC) and subtract 25% (30mm) of the travel for sag, you get 501. So to us, 501mm makes sense as the baseline for optimizing the handling characteristics of the bike and for the ideal length of a rigid fork companion. For some reason that eludes us, most rigid fork makers continue to use axle to crown lengths in the 483-490mm range. Our best guess is that it’s a holdover from wanting their forks to be able to be used on bikes that were 100mm or 80mm suspension corrected. To us this is an outdated standard as most of the hardtails our friends use are at least 120mm travel if not greater. So we feel that 501mm is a much more useful length and pairs better with modern frames.

Features

Suspension corrected for 120/130mm frames
Segmented Construction
29 x 2.8” tires
Three Pack Mounts
Mid Blade Mount
Fender and Rack Mounts

Specs

501mm Axle To Crown|
44mm Rake
Straight 1 ⅛” Steerer
Steerer Length
Boost Spacing

Parts & Accessories

Blue Lug Mini Triangle Reflector

Future Proof Fork - Prebook

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