Originally Posted by
echelon3
Any reason to not use one? I have a new carbon fork (1.5" tapered carbon steerer) for my gravel bike, and the previous crown race was a bit of a hassle to install. Some online opinions of a split crown race think it might attract more dirt or whatever, but not much else to say.
This would be a factory cut crown race, not a DIY hacksaw job.
Never seen or installed one, have always used solid ring crown races but then again our work doesn't run into too many carbon forks
Here is a video I found on them