Intend has released its new OnePiece inverted fork, with the upper milled from a full billet of 7075 aluminium and featuring 'Tech-Taupe' Nucocomp hard anodisation to avoid visual wear.
Considering the German brand’s distinct and rare designs (if you want a pair of its Trinity brakes, you’ll have to wait for a batch to drop, much like high-fashion streetwear), it appears Intend hasn’t made the OnePiece with the mass market in mind.
Priced at €3,299 (including 19% German VAT), the fork is aimed at high-end enduro and trail builds, with travel said to range from 140 to 170mm.
It’s not Intend’s first foray into the world of inverted mountain bike forks, with the brand already making an array of options spanning from lightweight downcountry to dual-crown downhill.
This happens to be the prettiest of the lot, with the OnePiece having a clean design that could leave all other inverted forks on the market looking dated.
Get it while you can
We first saw the fork teased at the Riva Bike Festival earlier this year, but it wasn’t clear if the fork would go into production.
While you will be able to buy the OnePiece fork, it looks as though it will be a rarity, so don’t expect to see many at your local trail centre.
Intend is only taking pre-orders over a limited two-week window and there’s likely to be a wait time on delivery.
Inside the fork, Intend says it uses its Optimised Closed damping cartridge and Travelizer Air Spring, and the internals are identical to those used on all of its top-tier gravity forks.
As with the rest of the brand’s components, the OnePiece is designed, engineered and tested in Freiburg, Germany, with the OnePiece assembled in-house by hand.
The fork has a claimed weight of 2,310g, although it’s not specified which travel option this is for.
We’ve seen inverted forks become more popular recently, with Fox currently testing a prototype in its RAD programme, with riders such as Richie Rude spotted riding the fork.
