i am going to be reviewing the original Sunday morning forks, so lets get this ball rolling...



Fork shown in Red.


To start off with, the sunday morning fork is a 1 1/8" threadless fork with welded compression device, notched fork legs for pegs, and is available ONLY in 3/8" dropouts.
I have had this fork for over 8 months, and i am in love with it.
This fork is manufactured by odyssey, and it kicks ass.
My experience with this fork has been nothing but good news. It stands up to pegless grinds, countless tricks gone wrong, and a few throws out of anger (i got over this habit though).
The paint is relatively thin, which makes it somewhat easy to get chipped off, but not a big deal, i love it the same. But if worse comes to worse, you can always paint it, I suppose.


left fork leg



right fork leg.



Some people may view the 3/8" dropout as a disadvantage, but i dont have too big of a problem with this, as I dont run 14mm and even if you do, you can buy a slotted axle.



dropout.


They have a lifetime warranty, which anyone should know they are good for since they are run by odyssey.
I do have one fault with these forks, and that is the compression cap.


compression cap.


As you can see, it is made so that you can use 3 tools to tighten and loosen it. You can use a 6mm allen wrench, an 8mm allen wrench, and a 1/4" ratchet head.
Although some people think "hey thats creative and a great idea," i must disagree. The compression cap is made out of CNCed 7075 T-6, and therefore is very easy to strip (not really STRIP, but the material moves kinda).
I prefer just a straight cap with 6mm, 8mm or 1/4" socket insert in the middle, as on the side is a slight inconvenience in my opinion.
I do, however like the welded compression threads, and the big cap, as it wont break. Nice.
I have had quite a few front end crashes. 2 specific ones that amazed me were these : a fall of AT THE VERY LEAST 8 feet, which was a spine transfer (6 ft spine btw) gone HORRIBLY wrong. In short, the bike landed straight down on the surface (propelling me into a headplant) hard as hell, but after I got up, to my amazement, the forks were straight as they were the day I got them. The second incident was about a week ago, which was over this weird hip in the bowl at the skatepark of memphis (not a big hip, just long, and about 120-130 degrees), where a girl’s orange shirt caught my eye in midair and got me distracted (damn adhd), and I landed almost straight down (hit the soft part just behind my chin on my crossbar, hurts so bad). And yet againg, almost magically, it was still straight !
I also have run pegs off and on on this fork, and the dropout has yet to move.
It is available in black, grey, red, and green. Gray, red, and green are somewhat glossy and look metallic.



front view.


In conclusion, I give the Sunday Morning fork a 9/10 because of the thin paint and aluminium compression cap.



Pros: Light as f*ck.
Pretty.
Lifetime warranty.
Great value.
Rounded dropouts dont stick in rails/ledges
Welded and oversized compression device (none of the star nut bull)
Cool dropouts (have sunday stamped into them. Nice.)
Peg-runnable.

Cons: 3/8" only would be a turn off for some people.
Relatively thin paint.
Aluminum compression cap (yes, i know its the norm, but i would like
for some company to come out with a steel one)

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