It’s been five years since we started shipping our Monark Style Dual Springer bike fork to customers worldwide. These popular forks are being used for almost every kind of bike application, motorized, vintage, customs, cruisers, and more.
We have decided to bring this very popular fork, which many call “the most beautiful bicycle fork ever built”, to a new level. We have listened to our customers, and have improved the standard fork dramatically, adding the improvements and modifications requested. We now offer the Monark in two configurations. We have available a new disc brake adapter, bearing races, and adapters to install the Monark on newer threadless headsets.
Monark I
Monark I
We recommend the Type 1 for all standard bicycle applications.
Cost: 139.00
Monark II
(Designed for Motorized Bikes, Disc Brakes, and other applications where re-enforcement is required.)
(Designed for Motorized Bikes, Disc Brakes, and other applications where re-enforcement is required.)
The Type 2 has all of the improvements of the new Type 1, with additional modifications. We are adding additional welding on structural members, It's more “beefed up” for motorized applications. Rockers are laser cut from 12 gauge SS and are mounted externally for larger axle sizes.
Cost: 179.00
Disc Brake Adapter - We now have a newly designed disc brake adapter which is made from laser cut polished stainless steel, which allows for the installation of a disc brake.
Cost: 30.00
History of the Monark Dual Springer Fork
Monark Silver King Inc. (formerly Monark Battery Co.) created some of the coolest bikes of the balloon tire era. Most sought after are the aluminum models, such as the Flocycle and Wingbar. One of the most popular models during the late 1940's and 1950's was the Monark Super Deluxe. Monark continued making bicycles into the middle-weight era, with some very stylish models.
The Monark dual springer fork was introduced in the 1940’s and continued to find it’s way on new models into the early 1950’s. Many consider it to be the most beautiful bicycle fork ever manufactured. Before we started reproducing them, older units would fetch up to 300.00 on E-bay, and still had to be restored, which cost at least another 100.00.
We have seen just about every kind of installation for these forks, from original Monarks, older bikes, motorized bikes, board track racers, low riders, choppers, and just about everything else you can imagine. Many of these installations can be found on our gallery page. Click here to view flickr gallery.
