For as long as I’ve known about them, I’ve been a fan of BSD. You couldn’t really get their products over here—what products there were—and I always fondly thought of them as sort of a Scottish FBM: a bunch of genial BMX drunks who spent their spare time riding trails and setting things on fire.

Well, like FBM, they’ve had to innovate or die. First there was the Forever frame, and now there are the “Ghetto Forks”:

Here’s part of the description:

“The Ghetto fork is full heat-treated, with tapered legs, integrated race, 7075 top cap, 35mm offset and a weight of 1.88lb.”

Ghetto?

Huh. When I think of “ghetto forks,” I think of a pair of messily spraypainted S&M Ditchforks with the 990 mounts hacksawed off. But maybe that’s just me. Admittedly, though, we’ve reached the magical point in human history where sincerity and irony have met in a messy head-on collision. Face it, you have no idea whether that guy over there in the Slipknot t-shirt is wearing it because he likes Slipknot or because he doesn’t like Slipknot. And you’re not about to go over and ask him because, you know, he’s wearing a Slipknot t-shirt.

Then again, ain’t no one buying true “ghetto forks” these days anyway. If it’s over two pounds, forget it.

Hey Macneil, if you’re going to do a “bike check,” can you please list ALL the parts, not just the Macneil ones? Thanks.

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