Quote: Originally Posted by
geoff gostage .
Alfeng home run again buddy all sorted thank you!!
Now I'm after changing out the stele forks for carbon. As its a 1st gen c40 with I presume 1" is there a carbon fork available ? I can only seem to find 1" 1/8 ?
The 1" COLNAGO CF forks were over-priced if bought separately, but the price was buried when purchased with the frame as a frameset ...
- the STAR fork which was eventually spec'd with C40s retailed for ~$800(!!!) if bought separately ...
- I think that the next model down was about $400 ... it had an aluminum steerer, AFAIK, & legs which looked more like the least expensive CF fork than the legs of the STAR fork
- and, the least expensive (CF legs bonded to an aluminum shoulder) retailed for about $300.
If you can find any of them, new or used, they will probably still be over-priced.
BUT, what I found when I updated a good-but-not-great steel fork to a LOOK CF fork (
~12+ years ago, threaded steel steerer) was that there was no appreciable (
by me) difference in the way the bike rode, but
the bike ended up weighing about a pound less ...
So, FWIW, my recommendation would be to continue to use the steel Colnago fork since any non-Colnago fork will definitely affect the bike's aesthetics BUT probably not have an appreciable affect on how the bike rides.
- if weight is truly a consideration, then you can shave weight from the bike by changing to Campagnolo shifters suitable Campagnolo RECORD shifters weigh about 320g per pair (~4oz. less than your DA shifters)
A possible reason to change to a CF fork is if you really want to use a threadless stem (
THAT's actually a pretty good, but not great, reason).