Originally Posted by guybierhaus
My older 2005 7200FX has the steel fork you speak of. It rides as nice as the carbon fork does on the Trek 1000. I don't know why you would want to change it to carbon, unless your looking for some bling. The few grams of weight savings is of no consequence on a hybrid bike. However, that said, if money is no problem, upgrade to the Bontrager Carbon fork on the 7.5FX. Probably a $300 plus upgrade if done by your Trek dealer.
You're right. It's probably not a worth while upgrade. I was mainly wanting the good looks and extra feel from the carbon including smoother ride. Maybe I'll switch directions and look to upgrade to some shimano 105 components - hopefully I can find what I need to know to do that so I want have to start another newbie thread.