Originally Posted by
unterhausen
he etched his headbadge himself, pretty impressive.
I didn't realize there were 1" carbon forks available still. I assume the fork rides okay, I wouldn't be concerned about movement with the brakes locked. OTOH, I really like building forks, so if I built a bike that took a Minimal, it would have a steel for on it instead. BITD, a fork was part of a frame, the tube sets came with a steerer and blades. I still have to remind myself of that sometimes
Thanks. Yes it rides fine, and the bike isn't a racer. Just struck me as odd. I found something from Sheldon Brown showing that many forks have as much as 5mm or so of longitudinal deflection and that seems to be in line with mine.