Originally Posted by
Steely Dan
i'm considering the same upgrade for my 2011 Scott SUB 10. it's a disc brake bike, so the fork would have to be disc compatible. i think that rigid aluminum forks are just a bad idea in general. i'm rolling with 700x37 conti sport contacts, and the ergon grips i slapped on the flatbar have helped big-time in the comfort department, but i can't help but think that a carbon fork would make the bike roll so much better.
my only hesitation about switching to carbon would be aesthetics. the orange fork currently on the bike matches the frame beautifully, and there's no way i'm gonna get a color match on a carbon fork for the SUB 10's flashy metallic orange paint job, so i'd have to go basic black or something, which would probably be fine, but it wouldn't be as cool.
Steely Dan - I see you're in Chicago as well. You obviously feel my pain then in regards to how crappy these roads can be. Even when the roads aren't covered in potholes they're still criss-crossed with cracks. I also know where you're coming from on the whole color match thing. My Scattante was painted some kind of freaky pearlescent green gray color that changes color depending on the light hitting it. I pondered maybe going into a automotive painting store and seeing if they could computer color match the frame and create a spray paint that I could use on a fork or bike racks or whatever. I can't imagine it would be cheap. You should look at the Nashbar fork - it has mounts for V-brakes/cantis as well as a disc mount. I think that's the one major detraction for most people is that if you use one type of brake you still have the mounts for the other type on the fork which bothers some folks' sense of aesthetics apparently.