Hi

I have a Boardman and want to upgrade my forks to carbon ones but I have a problem. My current ones have the brake caliper mount and want to know how to refix my brake caliper if I get carbon forks.

Cheers

Jon

Huh? Picture please?

Do you mean you have a disc brake mount on your current ones?

Carbon forks have brake mounts. Get one that has the same intended use as your current fork and it will come with the correct brake mounts.

The puzzled responses above are certainly understandable as no one is sure what you are describing or what type of brakes you have.

For the moment, I'll assume you have a standard road bike ("Boardman" is Chris Boardman, right?) and it has regular caliper rim brakes, not disc brakes.

Every road bike with caliper brakes has one of the calipers attached to the fork. These are either held on with a nut visible at the rear face of the fork crown (older design) or with a recessed nut that requires a 6 mm allen wrench to remove. For either type, just remove the retaining nut, disconnect the brake cable from its pinch bolt and the brake caliper will pull off toward the front with no problems. Reinstall on the new fork in reverse order.

Why does everyone think carbon is actually an upgrade?

Because in most cases it is? Carbon forks dampen a fair amount of road buzz, which makes longer rides less tiring and more enjoyable. Some people don't care for carbon, and that's fine, that's a personal preference, but carbon is hardly a sidegrade or downgrade in most cases.