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The Jacobs Green Zaftig cargo fork allows you to replace the fork on your old beater and run a 20″ front wheel for a true cargo bike retrofit.
The Jacobs Green Zaftig cargo fork allows you to replace the fork on your old beater and run a 20″ front wheel for a true cargo bike retrofit.
Holy shit, I want one of those.
you guys should get one of these and test it out. Truly an Urban Velo product if ever there was one.
That’s rad! However, I can’t tell from other pictures on their blog how the thing attaches to the steerer tube!?
That is SO cool! I need to look into one of these…
@Andrew, it looks like the steerer tube is a separate piece, and it clamps into the “triple clamp” of the fork (much like a motorcycle fork). It is hard to tell from the photos, though.
Definitely needs a review.
Their web site doesn’t list the load capacity that I could find.
Very cool, i’d try one out in a heartbeat.
Though i wonder how an old beater’s headtube would feel about a double crown fork and a heavy load at the end of it. It’s probably fine, i’ve just seen my share of headtubes sheared off…
if you’re consistently carrying front loads that will justify the beefy and bombproof build quality of this fork, and needing to basically replace your front fork for this, I’d say you should probably be looking for a dedicated cargo bike with frame-mounted cargo capacity.
why dont we try not using a photo shopped pic. there is only one canti stud. the disc mount is on the wrong side. the dropouts are on backwards. all the photos are photo shopped. i would love to have a real fork like this, but how about making a real one first.
brian, I think the forkend orientation is because the extended fork (for a 20″ wheel) combined with the rake of the fork puts the wheel axle further forward than it wants to be (just my guess). The other canti stud is likely behind the one rail of the rack, but maybe it was accidentally edited out while trying to isolate the fork for visual clarity’s sake, but if you follow the link, you can see the actual for in action, or even purchase it if you like.