I say if a Brooks feels good to you, go with it. Just don't ride it in wet conditions.
Originally Posted by
Zephyr11
...I'm assuming you never see a vintage bike with a 2010 Vanilla on there, even if the steerer would fit their frame, but I bet that fork would give the bike a much plusher ride than what they do have on there. But the Vanilla doesn't fit in the whole vintage theme, so it doesn't go on...
I'd say that a lot of it probably also has to do with fork travel. I have a 94 Giant Yukon frame that I like and have built up with mostly newer Shimano XT/XTR that I'm totally happy with. The one problem I have with it is that if I put a 100mm fork on it, I'll have way too slack of a head tube angle. I gave up on finding a decent 80mm fork because they don't seem to be made anymore. I'm currently rocking a ~2002 fork that was pretty high end for it's day, but I wish I could run a new fork. In stead I think I'm just gonna end up building a new bike and retiring the Yukon by the time next spring rolls around.
