Quality
Bicycle Parts
Press Release:
Largest US Distributor QBP to carry SIBEX Titanium
Forks
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
October 28 2004
Interbike gave a lot of the Industry
the opportunity to come and look and feel the SIBEX
titanium forks. With the culmination of the review in
the July issue of Mountain bike Magazine and the recent
signing of BTI. Quality Bicycle Parts
has signed up as well. QBP
is the largest parts distributor in the US. This will
give easy and quick access to SIBEX Titanium
forks to every bike shop in the United States.
Scott Mares owner of SIBEX Sports attempted
to meet with the buyers of QBP
at Interbike. However, Both companies were so busy they
could never get away to meet. Brad Crosby the buyer
for QBP had a hard time deciding
which ones to carry and in what configuration. “SIBEX
has the ability to offer the forks in just about any
configuration it took us a couple of days to figure
out what our customers wanted”.
“It was the next step we needed
to take in our company growth”. “Quality
has a great reputation, and a huge network of bike shops
that use them.” Scott Mares
About the Forks
The forks are available in 2 configurations, box and
unicrown. The Box crown is available in several braking
configurations to suit any brake setup. This also includes
26 or 700c/29er versions. The fork comes with standard
7cm of horizontal width for plenty of tire & mud
& snow clearance.
The Unicrown is strictly a cyclocross
fork (700c) and has a classic tapered legs. Marc Gullickson
and Travis Brown were both on the forks last year and
had a great cyclocross season. The forks are very light
and supple, the box crown fork weighs in at 600 grams
and the unicrown fork is slightly less. Both forks are
made out of aerospace grade 3/2.5 titanium and carry
a lifetime warranty. The forks retail between $385 and
$400 depending on features.
You can see the forks and other titanium
products at sibexsports.com or visit the QBP web site
at qbp.com. |
