Originally Posted by
M.Lou.B
Hello there,
I've been looking for a specific kind of fork for a bikepacking build with the following properties:
28"
1 1/8"
straight (not tapered)
mounts for v-brakes and fenders
2 or 3 mounts for fork bags (as opposed to 1 for a front rack)
preferably aluminum, but carbon would be ok as well
This is probably super hard if not impossible to find, but I was wondering of anyone here might happen to know of a place where I could buy such a fork.
If not, I'll purchase a standard touring fork and improvise something with zip ties and the rack screw, though I'd prefer several screw mounts of a cleaner setup.
Many thanks and best regards,
M.Lou.B
Surly makes forks which probably would fit the bill minus the silly aluminum stuff (worst fork material anyway) as they build in steel. Carbon is going to be tough to find with linear pull/cantilever brake mounts and all the other stuff. However you can find most of it minus the 3 pack mounts Whisky Parts Co. makes them and they are excellent forks but most everything with 3 packs is disc. Luckily though you can easily get cable actuated disc brakes that are long pull in high end and lower end stuff so you wouldn't need to change levers and you could get better braking and Paul uses a common SRAM pad and the TRP Spykes use probably the most common Shimano pad which a ton of other brakes use from a lot of different manufacturers.