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Bikes: '09 Gary Fisher "Kaitai, '09 Raleigh Team", '91 Trek 8700, '97 Cannondale SR500, '12 Raleigh Twin Six
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Carbon forks with 50+mm rake - suggestions please
I am looking to replace the worn out headshock on my Cannondale SR500 roadbike with a fixed carbon fork. Cannondale support tells me the rake on the fork is 2.1inch (53mm). I like the way the bike handles so I'm not interested in anything less than 50mm rake. The only forks that I have found so far that are close are the 3T Funda Pro (53mm), and the Wound Up Road (52mm). I am open to looking at a cross fork, but would really like to not have to buy a new front brake. Anyone know of any other forks I should look at? Weight is not as big an issue to me as geometry, after all, I'm ditching the heavy suspension.
I'm leaning towards the Wound Up for no reason other than it's rather ugly "cool factor". I think that sans stickers and with the crown and dropouts black anodized it would look pretty awesome on the bike.