Within the race to 32, it seems that Intend is profitable, no less than so far as suspension forks are involved. The model’s signature inverted suspension forks have been a typical sight on a number of of the prototype, manufacturing, and handmade 32-inch mountain bikes we’ve seen lately. Intend simply took it a step additional by saying a brand new Samurai 32 mannequin that’s formally on the market to most of the people.
Whereas the mainstream gamers within the mountain bike suspension market are clearly engaged on 32” suspension forks, we’ve heard little or no about them and seen even much less. In the meantime, Intend’s inverted design allowed for simple adaptation of its 29” Samurai XC fork to the 32” wheel measurement. With no arch to get in the way in which, Intend was in a position to merely cut back journey for 32” compatibility for prototype and show bikes. Now, with the brand new Samurai 32, Intend has created a devoted suspension fork for the brand new breed of big-wheeled bikes.
Intend Samurai 32 Particulars
The brand new Samurai 32 doesn’t stray removed from the 29” Samurai XC a lot in any respect. In reality, given the inverted design, it seems that all that was essential to create extra clearance was so as to add machined extensions above the dropouts. Reportedly, solely the primary batch of Samurai 32 forks will characteristic these extensions, and subsequent batches will embrace new dropouts with the extensions absolutely built-in into their design.
In any other case, the Samurai 32 seems to be almost equivalent to the 29” Samurai XC. It’s designed for XC and path bike use and is out there in journey lengths starting from 100 to 130mm in 10 mm increments. It has an adjustable air spring, 35mm stanchions, and is obtainable together with your alternative of its new Energizer XC 3-position cartridge or an adapter for the RockShox Charger RaceDay cartridge (RS cartridge not included, 120mm max journey).
When buying, patrons can select the cartridge sort, journey size, and between submit and flat brake mounts (each 180mm). Consumers additionally should present their “weight with gear after bathroom.” The Samurai 32 weighs a claimed 1,620 grams. Like Intend’s different merchandise, the fork was designed, engineered, and examined in Freiburg, Germany, and assembled in-house by hand.
Intend Samurai 32 Specs
Journey Fashion: XC / Path
Journey Vary: 100-130mm
Wheel Measurement: 32” solely
Spring Sort: Air spring
Damping: Energizer XC Lockout Cartridge / RS Raceday
Changes: Rebound / Compression / Air spring / Development
Axle: 15×110
Weight: 1620g
Axle to Crown: 130mm journey: 580mm, 120mm journey: 570mm, …
Offset: 48mm absolutely prolonged, 46mm at sag
Steerer dimensions: 1 1/8″ diameter begins 75mm above crown race base
Lowers: Pure anodized tubes with pressed-on dropouts
Intend Samurai 32: Pricing and Availability
The brand new Samurai 32 is on Intend’s web site, and is even known as “the primary ‘buyable’ 32” suspension fork — with 35mm stanchions.” Curiously, when clicking across the choices on the web page, all of them are at the moment listed as out of inventory. That stated, we’d anticipate them to be out there very quickly. When that occurs, the Samurai 32 has a retail worth of €1,699 to €1,899 (together with 19% VAT) or €1,427 to €1,595 (excluding VAT).
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However Wait, There’s Extra!
Hidden somewhat deeper on the Intend web site is the brand new Edge 32″ Enduro fork. This fork is at the moment solely out there “for B2B gross sales for framebuilders/bike firms.” Nonetheless, it’s fairly thrilling to see a manufacturing, inverted, longer-travel 32″ enduro fork, and it’s a positive signal that we’ll be seeing extra 32″ prototypes and experimentation within the longer journey brackets.
Particulars are a bit sparse for the Edge 32″ fork, however what we do know is that it’s out there in 140 to 170mm journey lengths in 10mm increments. It may be ordered with 15mm or 20mm dropouts/axle diameters, and mounts for 180mm or 203mm rotors. The retail worth is listed at €1,679.83.
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