Originally Posted by
djrhys
Hi,
I'm thinking of upgrading the forks on my Carrera Virtuoso LTD 2002.
It's currently running the stock aluminium forks that were on when i purchased the bike. I want to try and save as much weight as i can on my bike. (will be purchased new tubes, tyres). Do you think purchasing some more aero and lightweight forks would make a dramatic weight difference, and for the sake of £50-100 is it worth it?
Thanks!
It is doubtful that a carbon fork in that price range will be any lighter than the forks you have now. Lower priced carbon forks have metal steer tubes and fork crowns. Full carbon forks are much lighter, sometimes half the weight of the low end offerings, but they tend to be much more expensive, 4-5 times the price of an entry level fork. That was the case a few years ago when I acquired a Look HSC5 all carbon fork which I installed on my son's Trek. The original carbon fork with an alloy steer tube was almost exactly twice as heavy as the Look fork. An aluminum fork might well be lighter than a low end carbon fork