“Scapula SP” carbon fork: Test report by Dirk Zedler on the TOUR-magazine testing equipment
A “Scapula SP” fork we provided to the road bike specialists of TOUR-magazine, Europe’s largest cycling publication, for a long-term test was evaluated by their engineer Dirk Zedler before being put on a bike. Read on for the results found by “Ingenieurbüro Zedler” (Zedler’s technical consulting firm):
| fork weight (240 mm steerer length): | 264 g |
| standardized fork weight (steerer cut to 225 mm, includes preload mechanism for headset adjustment and top cap): |
277 g |
| braking stiffness: | 89 N/mm |
| jumping stiffness: | 88 N/mm |
| lateral stiffness: | 48 N/mm |
From the testing protocol:
- The measurements were performed according to TOUR-protocol (published in edition 12/2003) on machines identical to those used by TOUR-magazine.
- All measurements refer to steerer tubes measuring 225 mm. This is the length necessary for 57 cm frames.
The “Scapula SP” in the test lab of Zedler Engineering. The tools used are identical to those used in TOUR-magazine’s torture chamber.