Originally Posted by
jimc101
The OP has a 700c road bike, there may be clearance issues with the wheel/tire and fork crown...
Highly unlikely.
26" MTB forks are generally roomy enough to take a 700C wheel with a skinny road tire even if they aren't sus corrected. Mud and fender clearance tends to see to that.
If you use a sus corrected one you're probably looking at a tad of ATC increase compared to the original fork.
Originally Posted by
jimc101
.. if the OP was to get a 700c fork, this wouldn't need to even be considered.
Well, in terms of
the wheel not fitting, it doesn't have to be considered either.
But sure, a 700C disc fork may be an overall better replacement in terms of rake and ATC. Either way, my impression is that there are
more sus corrected 26" forks available than there are 700C disc brake road forks
Originally Posted by
jimc101
Add to that, most rigid carbon MTB forks are just round tubes, this would look pretty bad on a road bike..
... if the OP insists on having a CF fork. There's a Mosso aluminium fork and an 413 mm ATC with rather nicely tapered fork legs for instance