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its called a fork
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  • 92 5
 wow. really?
  • 38 51
flag andy9 (Feb 16, 2009 at 19:17) (Below Threshold)
 yeah bcz peopel say *my forks* when referring to one lol
  • 34 13
 yeah, really. and im sorry if i ddint catch any sarcasm in your comment, its kinda hard in writing...
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flag blue-balls (Feb 16, 2009 at 20:03) (Below Threshold)
 your an idiot buddy, poeple can call them what they want.
  • 183 4
 ^^sry bro but we can not take you seriously with that name.....
  • 54 7
 ^ take that! ballsackS...
  • 48 18
 well im going to go pump my forks over some curbz
  • 45 10
 it's like people calling double crowns triples. i hate that. it's triple clamp or dual crown.
  • 27 5
 ^that pisses me off so much
  • 25 13
 im preeeeety sure it doesnt matter, people know what youre talking about whether you say forks, fork, triple crown, or double crown.
  • 16 6
 I think you need to go out and get forked. But I do agree that the rampant misuse of the component nomenclature is annoying to the more astute among us.
  • 31 8
 fork sounds weird though its like calling pants pant....i bought a new pant
  • 12 7
 i think avery25 is right
if other people can put up with people saying forks instead of fork then why can't you?
it just proves that you have to much time on your hands and would rather be putting shit like this on the Internet than doing something useful
  • 11 1
 www.pinkbike.com/photo/3091154 chyeeaaaaa
  • 7 19
flag sam-davies (Mar 10, 2009 at 9:03) (Below Threshold)
 I was looking at getting a pair of these forks, how do they ride? Wink
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flag koleslaw (Mar 23, 2009 at 19:06) (Below Threshold)
 seriously man, 1 set is called forks, its not called a fork
for instance, "check out this new fork i got for my bike" its sounds retarded
"check out these sick new forks i got for my bike" sounds alot better.
  • 9 5
 "Do you want forks or a spoon to eat your coleslaw?"

forks is plural.. go look on fork manufacturing companies, they even use the term "fork" when talking about one specific fork or "forks" when talking about a group of forks
  • 5 10
flag koleslaw (Mar 23, 2009 at 19:11) (Below Threshold)
 alright, so maybe i am wrong, but regardless, people may say them how they please. i prefer calling them forks,
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flag sam-davies (Mar 24, 2009 at 1:06) (Below Threshold)
 "seriously man, 1 set is called forks, its not called a fork"

I was being sarcastic BTW, hence the "Wink " emotion.
  • 3 0
 lol i wasnt talking to you, i was talking to the owner of the picture.
  • 3 0
 haha fuck, that guys name is blue-balls hahahahaha, oh shit wheres my diaper when i need it.... i just pissed myself
  • 3 1
 IT ALL MAKES SCENCE NOW!!!
  • 3 0
 it really does Razz
  • 15 3
  Then what to you call a Cannondale Lefty???
  • 3 1
 ^its one of its own
  • 2 1
 haha I was just trying to throw a wrench in the works.
  • 2 2
 i think u can do watever u want... cuz the suspension company says fork and most every one else does too, but do u ever here someone say "dude look at my new pant!" no u dont... its te same concept... but i do think its retarted wen people call it forks...
  • 2 4
 Fender101Punk....thats the stupid thing ever. a fork that you eat with is plural but there is only one, suspension forks are FORKS because they are 2 legs, therefore it is FORKS.
  • 2 1
 NO MORON! You idiot, the individual little sticks on a dining fork are called PRONGS. A metal stick with two to five prongs on the end is called a fork. So the thing on the front of your bike is a fork. It has two prongs but in the MTB world they are called legs or stanchions.
  • 3 6
 umm retard if they were called STANTIONS NOT PRONGS they could be whatever WE wanted them to be!
  • 4 1
 What in the f*ck did you just say?
  • 5 1
 OK!
if nobody is actually sure
why not ask someone from marzocchi or fox or rockshox?
they say its ONE FORK! not FORKS! (like this picture says)
and an eating fork (something you eat with) is called one fork. guess why? cuz it is in the shape of a fork.
more examples are a pitch fork or a tuning fork
they are all the same shape!
the shape is called a fork
http://www.dontdrinkthekoolaidblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/fork.jpg
IM DONE
BYE NOW
  • 3 1
 also pants and forks are not the same thing
  • 3 2
 dirtchucker (2 mins ago) (Below Threshold) show comment
also
pants and forks are not the same thing
owned yourself Razz
  • 1 3
 im talking in plural but i could have said pants and A FORK are not the same thing sorry you cant understand
  • 1 0
 some people have no scence of sarcasim...
  • 1 0
 yh but you put 3 for forks but 2 would have been plural ....
  • 2 0
 Wow those forks on the left look lonely.
  • 1 1
 cant u just say suspension
  • 1 1
 @mattyfreerider20
www.pinkbike.com/photo/3797951
  • 11 2
 This is terrible an arguement with 110 comments so far all over a pair of forks... also a few sets of forks on the right ....it doesnt really matter what you call them at the end of the day people know what youre talking about...e.g "handlebars" everyone calls them bars or handle bars when theres only one set..theres no big deal about it.
  • 8 0
 do you say pant? when referring to your pants?
  • 1 2
 ye
  • 5 1
 that would make you a retard lol
  • 1 1
 callin me a retard i making yourself out to be a tit as you clearly cant see jokes
  • 1 0
 You know how... fishes are often a school of fish.. I think forks need that. We will call the unit of measure, a Yammy... 3 or more forks, is a Yammy of fork.... to honor Yammy's contribution to the mountain biking community, and love of forks.
  • 0 0
 I actualy asked an english professer at UoA the otehr day and i got this answer: "either is propper, how ever it depends on the tense used. for example "you should get this forks" is improper were as "you should buy that fork" is propper.
  • 1 1
 Did you know that forks "plural" is also referring to the fact that there are two forks on each set? That's why it's also called "a set of forks". So when I say "my forks", I'm referring to the set I have on my bike. Because there are two of them. One on each side of my wheel.

So what you have in the picture there is one set of forks on the left, and a plethora of fork sets on the right.
There are 17 definitions of what a fork is in the English Dictionary. The explanation in this photo is the wrong one.

Still funny though.
  • 1 0
 just putting it out there, personally i would say forks ... a pair of forks being one... a pair of trousers being one ... a pair of boxers ... a pair of pants .. all being one ..
  • 5 3
 i fucking hate when people say that, makes me want to saw my arm off. gawd.
  • 10 4
 i do kinda need new forks for my bike...oh god what have i done! i need "a new fork" for my bike
  • 3 4
 there forks, its a pair of forks, like pants. you dont say i need new pant. its PANTS.
  • 1 2
 just like geese, there is no seperate plural form of it.
  • 2 0
 i think most of us are pretty lazy to say "a new fork" instead of just "need new forks" or saying "my forks been gay lately.." the "forks" could be a shortened mtbiking term for "my fork has been.." we're just too lazy..we have better things to worry about..like our run time in the dh races, or what upgrade i should get next...as long as the other guy your talking to understands what your saying..if they just end up correcting your silly small mistake, then theyre just being a big fat jerk..jerk-offs..
  • 1 0
 but if you say 'fork' its like you mean a knife & fork to eat with,
  • 4 1
 this makes learnig fun ahaa
  • 2 0
 some people are just too lazy to do "My fork's are the 2009 model" "My fork is the 2009 model"
  • 1 0
 and what? i have fox forks... have u ever thorght i may have more than one pair of fox's? i do so jus why go so hypa over a silly little thing like an s of the end of a word?
  • 2 0
 it really pisses me off when people say forks and triple crown..this is my new pod
  • 1 1
 triple crown??? havent heard someone say that before, that would piss me off too
  • 0 0
 a tripple crown forks on a 2 steering tube frame would be sooo sick!!!
  • 3 0
 this argument is quite sad, does anyone realy care?
  • 3 0
 What about Bars or Bar ?:P lol XD HAHAHA
  • 3 1
 Holy shit what a waste of an upload. Who actually cares?
  • 2 0
 agreed
  • 4 0
 +1, it's so stupid.
  • 3 5
 no really one is a fork! not a forks!!! i need new forks for my DJ bike: 1 rigid fork and 1 suspension fork!!! but i need only one dual-crown fork for my DH bike with one crown under my steering tube and another above the steering tube! i don't really need a triple crown fork cause there is nowhere i could clamp the third one...

some idiot was selling Saint Cranks on e-bay! but it appeared to be only one!!! retard!!!

there are some words that can't be singular pants>... why is it a fork?? cause you have 2 legs in it... you don't call your utensils fork forks do you?? if you do you are probably a retardS!!!
  • 3 1
 well that was a waste of your life
  • 2 2
 Cranks is correct, it's short for crankset.
  • 1 0
 You have two legs in pants too
  • 2 0
 I for one, really couldn't give a fuck, one way or the other.
  • 2 1
 you guys are all so gay arguing over this shit fork....forks.... who the fuck cares
  • 0 6
flag phyco666palmer (Mar 11, 2009 at 7:58) (Below Threshold)
 and what? i have fox forks... have u ever thorght i may have more than one pair of fox's? i do so jus why go so hypa over a silly little thing like an s of the end of a word?
  • 1 0
 oh!!! how about this!!! My wifes are coming home to cook me a dinner!! (if you're not arab tho)
  • 1 0
 haha.
  • 0 0
 i find it funny when you people are arguing over a fork or forks go ride you bike it doesnt fucking matter its just a word call it what you want
  • 0 1
 this picture is right though. every one else is stupid and stuff. how could you eat food with a forks unless u use two. who uses two forks to eat? maybe a fat kid or somethin. no wat im sayin?
  • 2 1
 fork is one stantion put 2 stations togher you get forks if you get what i meen ?
  • 1 0
 Does your mother ask you when she needs a fork to pass the forks ? No because she wants one fork!
  • 1 0
 Different type of fork completely.
  • 1 0
 a fork is a shape, however i have heard both. why does it matter if people know what your talking about?
  • 1 0
 Caribbean Caribbean one has pirates one is a vacation spot!
  • 1 0
 i would pay good money for this to be pod
  • 1 0
 what if theres 2 is it a fork or forks and what about spoons and knives
  • 1 1
 im just so used to saying forks, i dont even realize it
  • 2 2
 Yes! finally someone else who says fork. Not NICE FORKS!
  • 1 1
 why many people says : 1 PIKE's ? it is true ?
  • 1 0
 WOW...
  • 1 0
 LMAO, wow just wow!
  • 1 1
 hey nice FORKS on the left... i want them .. haha.
  • 1 2
 hardly anyone says fork u tit. you dont say 'i bought a new fork for my bike last week'
  • 1 0
 agreed...
  • 0 0
 i say, i bought a new fork last week, doucher.
  • 0 0
 i say i've got a new fork... (if i've got one)
  • 0 2
 yea but u are american...
  • 2 0
 i am Ukrainian actually... i thought you guys speak English too??
  • 0 1
 aaaaah well its opinion. i just dont think you should get so botherd about it
  • 1 3
 how about call them whatever you want this isnt english class its a fuckin extreme sport settle down ladies and go ride some bicycles
  • 1 0
 sexist
  • 0 1
 shut up
  • 0 0
 i had to order this out to a guy once but he still says forks
  • 0 0
 It's a fork or I have 3 forks plural against singular.
  • 0 1
 holy phuck i hate people who have to always be right fork forks? who the phuck cares go ride god dam
  • 0 0
 I love this pic, for that is one of my pet peevs
  • 0 0
 this is the dummest waste off life i just spent 20 seconds of nuthing man
  • 0 1
 this was actually fun readin through...by the way the forks i have on my norco are pink marzocchi 888's
  • 1 1
 dude my forks are so nice
  • 1 0
 forks have 4 ends not 2?
  • 0 0
 haha nice one
  • 0 0
 hahaha
  • 0 0
 no shit
  • 0 0
 LOL
  • 0 0
 hahahhaha,,funny
  • 2 4
 I don't care what anyone says, I'm going to keep on calling them "forks". "Fork" may be right, but it just sounds weird.
  • 1 1
 YES!!!!!!!!
  • 1 2
 either way, those are some pretty nice forks
  • 1 1
 i bet u did not even read the des...
  • 0 0
 theres more than one fork in this pic
  • 0 0
 thank you!!!!
  • 0 0
 perfect
  • 0 2
 shut the f up about this dumb sh*t... its forks anyways... u have left fork and right fork
  • 1 0
 oh, so the utensil you use to eat it singularly referred to as forks too? cuz that has 3 ends
what you mean are called legs
  • 0 1
 no... its the same principal as theres a forks in the road... left fork, center fork, and right forkk. More than one fork, its plural
  • 0 0
 no my friend, its not
  • 1 2
 lmfao forks. fucking douche bags dont even know how to say fork
  • 1 3
 I've got some new fork...doesn't sound right...I've got some new forks, does sound right.
  • 3 2
 Ive got A new fork!
  • 1 2
 idiot...
  • 2 3
 FCK OFF ^^
  • 2 1
 no, you're dumb! uh uh
  • 2 1
 well you're dumb times a million
  • 2 1
 nah uh
  • 0 2
 fck youself of beton wall....
  • 2 0
 omg omg omg, shut the fuck up
  • 0 2
 Oh well, not half as bad as the people who call them shox Razz
  • 0 2
 who gives a flying f*ck?
  • 0 2
 i have a fox 36 floats
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