Mountain Biking - Carbon Fiber Rigid Fork?

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Dion Rides
09-09-09, 09:56 AM
Would you, or do you, trust a CF rigid fork? I've searched this forum and didn't find anything definite.

dminor
09-09-09, 10:01 AM
Oh I probably would trust one. But since I have little interest in rigid forks at all, I likely would never own one.
ed
09-09-09, 10:19 AM
No...I havea CNT bar (not Carbon Fiber weave)...it's taking me a long time to develop trust in it...but I just can't fathom riding a carbon fiber fork.

C Law
09-09-09, 11:38 AM
Depends on what you plan on doing with it. For riding XC, sure.

I have seen people bomb some serious terrain with them.

**** that would make you scratch your head in disbelief if you hadn't just seen it. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmN9jQwtwHg)
commo_soulja
09-11-09, 01:11 AM
I've got ebay CF forks on two of my bikes. One's a commuter so nothing really rough on it. The other one I do take offroad into singletrack. I still cringe when I take it in gnarlly stuff but so far, it's held up. *knock on wood*
lofnsjoke
09-11-09, 01:36 AM
i ride a carbon fork everyday...course it is on my road bike......
Metzinger
09-11-09, 01:55 AM
i ride a carbon fork everyday...course it is on my road bike......

huh? ...oh
Diabolical! Bravo!

BTW excellent poll! I hope the OP gets the answer he wants.
10' drops with pancake landings FTW!
Dion Rides
09-11-09, 09:30 AM
huh? ...oh
Diabolical! Bravo!

BTW excellent poll! I hope the OP gets the answer he wants.
10' drops with pancake landings FTW!

I still can't believe we used to ride off house roofs on our BMX bikes in the 90's - to flat. :twitchy:

4130 Chromoly FTW!!
TechRydr
09-11-09, 12:17 PM
:roflmao2: Thx for the 29er option!
sjs731
09-14-09, 06:36 PM
I race a Bontrager carbon fork on my 29er and for XC on a rigid bike you can't beat it. Along with the attack angle of the wheel you can't beat it. In the series I race in there are a lot of rigid bikes that have CF forks. There is a lot lets vibration and feedback from CF than the stock steel fork that was on my bike when I bought it.
mx_599
09-14-09, 06:50 PM
Would you, or do you, trust a CF rigid fork? I've searched this forum and didn't find anything definite.

why not? my road bike has a CF fork

mx
kenhill3
09-14-09, 09:31 PM
why not? my road bike has a CF fork

mx

On gnar-licious terrain?
craigcraigcraig
09-14-09, 10:08 PM
i would ride one, almost got one for the bike im building now just found some squish for cheaper. I have yet to see any significant failings in carbon without direct smashing which would hurt other materials also.
BP302
10-02-09, 12:01 PM
My Bontrager Switchblade carbon fork has held up well on my Gary Fisher Rig single speed bike. XC riding and racing. I worry more about myself making a mistake that results in a crash than my carbon fiber bike components breaking.
ghettocruiser
10-02-09, 01:48 PM
If the fork was property designed for the purpose I am using it for, the material of construction is not a factor for me.

I've never had a CF part fail. In possibly a related story, I have never installed a CF part that weighed significantly less than the metal part it was replacing.
C Law
10-02-09, 02:26 PM
a CF rigid Fork will shed +/- a pound over a rigid steel fork. The new Niner fork about 1.5 + pounds.

significant weight savings ? In the eye of the beerholder