"Colin Campbell" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I am presently looking for a quality carbon fiber cyclo-cross fork. Any leads would be great.
Alpha Q makes one. Not cheap, but no question as to quality. Another high end model would be the
Wound Up Cross fork. I use one and it is excellent. Dave "Colin Campbell"
<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I am presently looking for a quality carbon fiber cyclo-cross fork. Any leads would be great.
>
> Thanx CC
"Colin Campbell" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I am presently looking for a quality carbon fiber cyclo-cross fork. Any leads would be great.
>
> Thanx CC
Winwood makes one. I think it is the one that Litespeed uses but I have no experience with it nor do
I know anyone that does. It also looks like it has fender eyelets.
[email protected] (Tom Kunich) wrote in message
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> I am curious as to why you'd use a carbon fork instead of a steel one. Surely a carbon fork that
> is strong enough to install cantilever bosses on has to weigh very close to what a steel fork
> would. So what is the savings considering a carbon fork is so expensive in comparison to a steel
> fork which, if it does fail, will usually do so in a more user friendly manner?
> [email protected] (Tom Kunich) wrote in message
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> > I am curious as to why you'd use a carbon fork instead of a steel one. Surely a carbon fork that
> > is strong enough to install cantilever bosses on has to weigh very close to what a steel fork
> > would. So what is the savings considering a carbon fork is so expensive in comparison to a steel
> > fork which, if it does fail, will usually do so in a more user friendly manner?
>
> they are much lighter and pretty
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/8206210
>
> Sabine
