Anyone familiar with Hi Ten, maybe Hi-Tensile, bike components? Looking for information on what this fork might of been on back in the day. It has a 9 inch fork tube that is stamped with Hi-Ten. The fork is almost identical to an Akisu bike fork. I can’t find any information online. Thanks!
by 1993rockhoppersport
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High tensile steel abbreviation?
Is Hi Ten like a high five but with both hands? 🤔
It’s High Tensile steel. That’s the name everyone used for that alloy.
It’s worse than ChroMoly. It’s better than mild steel and gas pipe.
Lots of entry-to-mid level bikes used it.
Good strong steel. Straight gauge heavy tubes. Easy to weld. Apocalypse ready.
Some early 80’s mtb had bi-plane forks like the Stumpjumper but I don’t know if they were hi-ten or chromoly
That fork is on it’s second generation of riders and will still be going strong when we’ve all gone back to being graveyard gravel.
Heavy but who cares. That’s a great fork, probably off an early 80s Japanese import. There were a bunch of off-brand mtbs coming out of the same factories as the big names. Quality varied but I’ve seen a similar fork on a bike branded “Renegade II” that came with first gen deer head. But with forged dropouts.
I’m 90% sure that’s from an early Nishiki Cascade
Just because it’s heavy, doesn’t mean it’s bad. That’s a very well made fork. I would have no hesitation in using it, with one caveat.
Are those canti studs level, or is one bent?
Consecutive high fives?