Hi everyone.

We have a heavily upgraded 1990 Santana Arriva that I would like to improve further by reducing the flex in the front end.

Right now it has the OEM Columbus/Santana steel fork. The front end is flexy during standing climbing and heavy braking. I'm worried the thing is becoming fatigued.

We are pretty hard on this bike. We descend fast, and climb steep stuff all the time (like every ride).

Unfortunately we are limited by the head tube, which uses a 1" steerer.

I don't care if it uses a caliper or a canti. I would like it to be lighter and stiffer than what I have.

Here's the models I am looking at thus far:

Alpha Q CX - Cross Fork (full carbon, 520g - which means it's light but not crazy light, and nice price at the moment)
I know that they made a tandem version of this fork for Burley at one point
http://www.truetemper.com/performance_tubing/cx.asp
http://www.universalcycles.com/shopp...s.php?id=10001

Wound Up Tandem Fork (steel steerer, 900g or so, kind of pricey)
http://www.woundupcomposites.com/tandem_fork.html

Anyone have any input??



Pics of our tandem: