2014 Salsa Firestarter Carbon Fork

[rushman3]

On Salsa's web site under the El Mariachi page, Salsa mentions the " Firestarter Carbon Fork".

Anyone seen this? Photo's/Spec's??

[hendricks97]

look at the pics of the Fargo. They come with the firestarter (except the bottom level one)

[limba]

Is it a Foundry fork or different?

[hendricks97]

either that or a Whiskey

[chequamagon]

The Firestarter Carbon fork is our proprietary Salsa designed carbon fork, specifically for the Fargo (it also fits the El Mariachi), made from carbon fiber, with a fully reinforced insert for Anything Cage mounting on both legs, and a 15mmx100 Maxle dropout, at less than 800 grams.

[limba]

Thanks for the info.

[unagidon]

Thank you. When will it be showing up in stores and what is the price?

[ratherbeintobago]

What about the CroMoto Tapered 15mm off the 2014 El Mar SS? Will this be available aftermarket?

[chequamagon]

The Firestarter fork will be available for aftermarket around January 1 of this year and MSRP is $595 including Rockshox Maxle and compresion plug.

The Cromoto Tapered 15mm fork will be $209 MSRP including Sram Maxle, and will arrive around the beginning of December.

[unagidon]

The Firestarter fork will be available for aftermarket around January 1 of this year and MSRP is $595 including Rockshox Maxle and compresion plug.

The Cromoto Tapered 15mm fork will be $209 MSRP including Sram Maxle, and will arrive around the beginning of December.

Thank you. I have to say, $595 is pretty steep for the fork! Was expecting around $400. 800g is not light! Guess I'll stick with my steel fork for a while.

[JYB]

The Firestarter fork will be available for aftermarket around January 1 of this year and MSRP is $595 including Rockshox Maxle and compresion plug.

The Cromoto Tapered 15mm fork will be $209 MSRP including Sram Maxle, and will arrive around the beginning of December.

So....will the Firestarter carbon fork easily fit a Knard on a rabbit hole? What is the clearance (in mm) between the fork legs?

[Volsung]

a vaya version of this would be nice. like super nice.

[antinoro]

The Firestarter Carbon fork is our proprietary Salsa designed carbon fork, specifically for the Fargo (it also fits the El Mariachi), made from carbon fiber, with a fully reinforced insert for Anything Cage mounting on both legs, and a 15mmx100 Maxle dropout, at less than 800 grams.

Are there any updates to when the Firestarter will be available for after market purchase? I started building a custom El Mariachi for the Tour Divide back in August. Was originally told fork would be available 10/31, then it was 12/31, now I'm seeing things on the internet saying 1/31. Really wanted this fork, but need to start riding my bike. May have to go with the Whiskey Parts fork.

[DeePee]

First spec info I've been able to find on the Firestarter carbon fork:

Universal Cycles -- Salsa Firestarter Carbon Rigid 29er Fork

No mention of tire clearance between the fork legs. I've sent them a question: if I get a response, I'll post it here.

[DeePee]

The official response from Universal Cycles is...

"I just spoke to Salsa and they do not recommend a tire larger than 2.3” on that fork."

Of course they don't. Still no word on the actual clearance between the fork legs. Anybody else out there have a tape measure and access to an actual Firestarter fork?

Kudos to UC for the quick response, even if it wasn't the one I wanted.

[sfuller]

I didn't get a head on shot (bad me), but here's a firestarter fork with a 45NTH Nicotine studded tire on it.

Firestarter fork crown | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[Gyro_t]

Read the Grant Peterson rant on carbon forks. (Rivendell) I think you could have a titanium fork to match the Fargo geometry for that price. Carbon forks and frame are bacically disposable items.