I know very little about bikes but I'm mechanically inclined. I installed this fork on my wife's old bike (she bought a new one because the suspension forks on her old bike we're super squishy, heavy and made the bike harder for her to ride). They went on fairly well... However, I had to have our LBS remove the crown race from the old fork and install them on the new fork (I didn't have the proper tool and wasn't going to invest in the tooling for a one off job). The brakes lined up fairly well but there is significant flex in the new carbon fiber fork under moderate to heavy breaking. I wouldn't feel comfortable riding the bike off road AT ALL! It has a pretty sketchy feel now. I guess it will be ok for street riding but I wouldn't trust it for much more than that. I thought I would gamble and hope for the best but it didn't work out this time.

The forks are great, but I received 2 sets and I only wanted 1. I need to return 1 set. Please advise!!!

The fork isn't finished to the point you can just install it, you must do some final mold line removal and sanding. Other than that I love this fork and its working well.

UPDATE- broken after riding on it about a half a dozen times. I'm no hardcore downhill rider either. Total piece of crap. The layers are broken and peeing on the front and the back.

Fits great. In case you didn't know, you will have to cut the top tube down to fit your bike. If you're replacing a metal fork you'll also probably need a compression fitting to secure the stem. Other than that, the fork works pretty well so far!

First impressions as I open the package are promising! The fork looks great, and there is zero damage, no cosmetic defects visible. Will update once I've had a chance to install and test out.