OnePointFive the New Standard?

Our good friends over at Rocky Mountain and Race Face along with a partnership of industry heavy-hitters, unveiled a new 1.5 inch standard steerer. The new oversized standard is built around a 1 1/2" steerer tube and will provide for a dramatic increase in performance, strength and durability of bicycles built for long travel forks and extreme use. The OnePointFive standard was developed not only by Race Face and Rocky, but Chris King, Answer/Manitou, and Cane Creek, while Intense and Park Tools provided their technical expertise. According to the group, the beefier standard is aimed at the freeride and long travel crowd. It is said to be 44% stronger and 134% stiffer than the current 1 1/8" steerer used by the industry. The standard further calls for minimum 25.4mm bore depth for headset cups (compared to 14mm today) which should eliminate ovalized headtubes. Bikes with the new standard should be available for the 2003 product year, and parts could be picked up much sooner. Visit www.onepointfivestandard.com for more information.

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