Old 03-12-23 | 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 79pmooney
The fork that rides like it belongs and simply looks right - steel. I ordered my '09 TiCycles with a steel fork, spent the months waiting doubting myself until ... I went for that first ride. It's totally right. So is that fork on my avatar photo bike. (My theory - the fork being the only unsupported cantilever on a bike frame, the steel at twice the stiffness of the supported titanium every else gives it a very similar feel. Both bikes love being ridden hard over rough stuff.) Oh, and steel forks look right. Should also last as long as the frame.
So, I have seen steel, aluminum and CF forks... other than the Teledyne, there are no titanium forks? Or are they just less common?
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