Tifosi Carbon Forks Reviews
Review score: 8.6/10 – Updated September, 2024
Latest Price: £119.99 (RRP: £119.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Tifosi Carbon Forks worthy of a review score of 8.6 out of 10.
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Tifosi Carbon Forks features
Tifosi Carbon Forks
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Forks found with this Spec: 6387 |
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Spec 2
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Wheel Size: 700c Other Forks found with this Spec: 850 |
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Spec 3
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Material: Carbon Other Forks found with this Spec: 324 |
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Spec 4
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Steerer Diameter: 1.1/8″ Other Forks found with this Spec: 253 |
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Feature 1
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Material: Toray T700 Carbon Other Forks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Finish: UD Carbon with Clear Coat Lacquer Other Forks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Fork Length: 368mm Other Forks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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Crown Diameter: 45mm Other Forks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Blade Shape: Curved Other Forks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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Rake: 45mm offset Other Forks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Dropouts: Alloy Other Forks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 8
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Weight: 601g Other Forks found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Forks. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Tifosi Carbon Forks.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Tifosi Carbon Forks is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Forks. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Forks. Brands like Tifosi are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Forks category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Forks.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Tifosi Carbon Forks
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Tifosi Carbon Forks.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Tifosi Carbon Forks was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £119.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.6 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Forks
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Forks.
We found 168 in the Forks category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £481.31, making it below average at £119.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Forks. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £1899.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.16.
With 168 products available we worked out that 114 cost more than Tifosi Carbon Forks and 53 were cheaper.
Cost of Tifosi products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 22 products from Tifosi, of which 2 were in the Forks category.
For now though we’re looking at Tifosi branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £100.99 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Tifosi product we found was £13.50 and the highest price we could find from them was £999.00.
Of the 22 from Tifosi, 2 were more expensive than Tifosi Carbon Forks and 19 were cheaper.
How much are Tifosi Forks?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Tifosi products that are listed in the Forks category.
The average price of the 2 products that match this search was £189.99, with the cheapest coming in at £119.99 and highest price was £259.99. With the average being £189.99, Tifosi Carbon Forks comes in below average.
1 products that meet this search were more expensive than Tifosi Carbon Forks and 0 were cheaper.
Tifosi Carbon Forks Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Tifosi Carbon Forks reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Tifosi Carbon Forks, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Forks category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Tifosi Carbon Forks or another similar product, like Ritchey Comp Carbon-Alloy Cross Forks reviews or Tifosi SR5 Road Disc Forks reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Forks.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Forks. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Tifosi, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Tifosi Carbon Forks
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Tifosi Carbon Forks reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Tifosi Carbon Forks. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.6/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010851149
- Product ID 2: 701638UK
- Brand: Tifosi
- Model number: CKF21
- RRP: £119.99
- EAN: 5014977513833
- Description: Tifosi Carbon ForksThese durable and dependable carbon forks deliver a rigid and responsive performance when riding out on the road. Featuring a 368mm blade length and a neat UD carbon and Clear Coat lacquer finish, this superb fork is perfect for pacy and powerful road running. Shaped with a comfort-enhancing curve and featuring a 45mm offset rake, this accurate-handling and stiff front fork smooths out the small and irregular bumps found on your flat runs for a focused and uninhibited performance.Features: Material: Toray T700 Carbon Finish: UD Carbon with Clear Coat Lacquer Fork Length: 368mm Crown Diameter: 45mm Blade Shape: Curved Rake: 45mm offset Dropouts: Alloy Weight: 601gBuy Tifosi Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Frames & Forks > Forks
- Size: 700c
- Unisex
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- Adult
Other options for Forks
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Forks. 168 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Tifosi Carbon Forks included,
Ritchey WCS Carbon MTB Disc Fork 29″ reviews, Ritchey WCS Carbon MTB Disc Fork reviews, or we really liked the look of Brand-X Carbon Road Bike Fork reviews as another alternative.