Konstantin Shemyak wrote:
> Those who do so gang here:
> http://weightweenies.starbike.com/listings/components.php?type=rigidforks
> Not many steel road forks there though.
> Konstantin.
I knew I'd seen steel fork weights listed, and I finally found the
link. From
http://www.geocities.com/kwanseng/weight.html#forks
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A standard 1 inch steel steerer weighs 0.89 grams per millimeter.
MAKE & MODEL is the make and model of the fork I weighed.
LENGTH is the length of the steerer tube in millimeters.
ACTUAL is the weight of the fork.
NORMALIZED is the weight adjusted to a 175mm steerer tube. Use this
weight for comparisons. For forks with a steel steerer tube, I
calculated normalized weights from the actual weights by adding or
subtracting 0.89 grams per millimeter difference in steerer tube
length.
MAKE & MODEL LENGTH ACTUAL NORMALIZED COMMENTS
Mizuno Fiandre EWP 300 351 carbon fiber
steerer, uncut
Look HSC 3 all carbon 300 360 340 1 1/8". Cut length
230mm
AME Alpha-Q all carbon 272 364 1" standard curved
Reynolds Ouzo Pro 286 393,407 carbon fiber
steerer, uncut
Kestrel EMS ti steerer 175 400 400
Look Carbon, steel steerer 175 447 447
Mizuno F7 carbon steerer 300 450 carbon fiber
steerer, uncut
Look LDS carbon legs 175 482 482 1" steel steerer;
not aero model
Look LDS 2 271 488 1" carbon steerer
Time Equipe Pro 200 505 483
Kestrel EMS 240 551 493 for 650c wheel
Vitus bonded aluminum 220 536 496 1989 979 model?
Kinesis Easton 175 507 507 bonded aluminum
Trek OCLV Classic 175 508 508 s.n. 51958. Round
crown.
Specialized Direct Drive 141 484 514 Thin bonded aluminum
legs. Scary flexible.
Time Carbon 175 525 525 average of four
samples
Kestrel EMS 175 526 526 average of four
samples
Tange Fusion I aluminum 164 530 540 Bonded. Round crown.
Rinard N'Aero bonded steel 153 531 541 Alu steerer, steel
airfoil blades
Fuji titanium 211 565 544 Approx. 10% larger
OD than steel.
Easton EC 50 alu steerer 271 566
Prologue bonded aluminum 207 574 546 fully sloping crown
SR Prism 175 546 546 bonded aluminum
Quintana Roo (TET) 238 636 580 Steel. Round crown.
For 650c wheel.
Tange Silhouette 175 590 590 TIG welded steel
Tange Fusion II aluminum 200 618 596 Bonded. Steeply
sloping crown.
Trek bonded aluminum 176 599 598 Round crown.
Cannondale aluminum 205 654 627 1989? Made in USA.
Holland steel (Prestige?) 137 623 657 for 650c wheels.
Round crown.
Club Fuji VaLite steel 166 686 694
Fort straight orange 300 805 694 1" steel threadless
Brian Spitz Prestige 195 722 704 semi-sloping crown
Cannondale track 725
Waterford Paramount SLX 210 738 707 Henry James crown.
Colnago 175 730 730 steel, straight
blades
Kinesis aluminum cross 240 750 1" threadless alu
Merckx 175 777 777 steel, sloping crown
Merckx SLX 162 766 777 steel, from Corsa
Extra frame
Faggin Aelle 165 800 809 steel
Schwinn Varsity forged 206 1319! 1288 steel. Some frames
weigh less than this!
Thanks to Neil Aldridge, Jim Baker, Dave Campbell, Justin Forbes,
Carl Monson and Skip Peas for contributing to this list.
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