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Category: The story of a fork

Apart from the aero handlebars, in this photo you can see the aerobar upstands, and the mounts for the aerobars.

Now we are getting somewhere. Fork tips attached.

Starting to look like a proper fork, the legs are attached to the crown.

The bullets will form the back of the handlebar section.

Ready to shape/add the fork tip

Checking the profile of the fork leg. Obviously aluminium can not necessarily be shaped to exactly imitate the carbon fibre. The main focus was on the aero shape, front to

Detail of fork crown and steerer tube, having been threaded

Laid out are the fork crown/steerer tube, fork legs, a,d handlebars (2 sets were being made).

Trial fit of the Hotta fork on the Lotus. This fork is the basis of our integrated fork/handlebars.