ottothecow

Anyone have opinions between these forks? Going on a frame designed for a CX fork, so lengths are right (I have a wound up gravel x, but I think it is going to be too short at 385mm)

Bike will still see some off road use, but I expect it to see a majority of on-road use, so handling should probably reflect that.

Rake options are 43 (wound up), 45 (spot), and 47 (wound up/whisky). 45 seems about right, but I'm not sure I would notice the difference between any of the three.

I'm cool with the look of the wound up (and think the Spot might look huge with the fairly thin tubing on my frame), so that's not a con like it is for some people...but the wound up also costs more and weighs more than either of the other two (by a fair amount). How much tire clearance does the wound up have? Having trouble finding that info anywhere, but the other two fit about 40mm tires.

ottothecow

Actually, maybe I scrap all of those and go with the Fyxation Sparta: https://www.fyxation.com/products/ca...adventure-fork

Heavier (but probably not that far from the wound up after trimming the steerer), but should be strong. Has front rack mount options, takes a flat mount brake with internal routing, and is reasonably priced.

My front hub can be converted to thru-axle, so no problem there.