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Old 09-27-20 | 12:16 PM
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Enve Road Fork Clearance

My EC90 fork doesn’t have the clearance I need anymore. I have Hed Belgium+ rims and Specialized Turbo 26 tires fit just fine but GP4000s and Vitoria Corsa 25s don’t have enough clearance. (Both fit but they rub the fork in different situations.)

I’m considering an Enve road rim brake fork as a replacement. Do any of you have this Enve fork you could post a photo of with your tire setup? I would appreciate any input or other ideas.

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Old 09-27-20 | 01:13 PM
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25mm GP4000 will fit but not a 28mm.
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Old 09-27-20 | 03:28 PM
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I’m concerned about the wide rims, too. I’ve had GP4000 25s with narrow rims fit fine but not with the Belgium+ rims.
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Old 09-27-20 | 04:48 PM
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It depends where the tire has clearance issues. With my Colnago wider rims made the outside circumference less allowing 25mm tires to fit.
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With my S1 I could fit 25mm GP5ks on Hed+ rims but only 23mm GP4ks. In my experience, the Hed+ over the Hed C2 made the tires go wider (obviously) but not taller.
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The rubbing is happening on the sides of the fork, not the crown.
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OP I have an ENVE fork on a 2015 Cannondale Supersix HiMod frame. I ride HED Belgium+ rims with Conti GP5000 25mm. They fit fine and ride very well. 25mm Corsas and Michelins Power tires are too wide. You can probably keep your fork and just go with narrower tires. The GP5000's are a lot closer to the stated nominal tire width than most other tires.

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I ride an ENVE 2.0 rim brake fork using H+Son Archetype 700c rim (23mm wide) with Conti GP5000 28c tires. There's room to spare, fear not. On a sidenote, I love this fork! I should have bought it sooner.
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Old 09-30-20 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 3MTA3
My EC90 fork doesn’t have the clearance I need anymore. I have Hed Belgium+ rims and Specialized Turbo 26 tires fit just fine but GP4000s and Vitoria Corsa 25s don’t have enough clearance. (Both fit but they rub the fork in different situations.)

I’m considering an Enve road rim brake fork as a replacement. Do any of you have this Enve fork you could post a photo of with your tire setup? I would appreciate any input or other ideas.

Thanks.
I think that's the fork I have and those are the rims I use. I've run Schwalbe Pro 25's regularly. I have the Vittoria Corsa Control 2.0 in 28c on there now and I've had the Schwalbe Pro1 28c on there but it was tight - those are pretty pudgy tires. Here are the measurement for some of the tires I have. The 28c Schwalbe worked but little rocks would get jammed in there. The 28C Vittoria's are what is on there now and have been for about 1000 miles. They seem to work well.

Tire Height Width

Schwalbe One 25mm 26mm 29mm

Schwalbe One 28mm 27mm 31mm

Vittoria Corsa 28mm 26mm 30mm

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Old 10-01-20 | 10:03 AM
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I ride an ENVE 2.0 rim brake fork using H+Son Archetype 700c rim (23mm wide) with Conti GP5000 28c tires. There's room to spare, fear not. On a sidenote, I love this fork! I should have bought it sooner.
Here's a pic of the Enve 2.0 with Archetype and GP5000 28c tires. Hope it helps.

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I contacted Enve and they said the Belgium+/ Corsa 25 set up will work. If the Corsa tires are, in fact, too wide I’ll go back to Continental (even if they’re a huge pain to get on/ off). I ordered the fork thanks in part to these replies.

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Old 10-15-20 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 3MTA3
I contacted Enve and they said the Belgium+/ Corsa 25 set up will work. If the Corsa tires are, in fact, too wide I’ll go back to Continental (even if they’re a huge pain to get on/ off). I ordered the fork thanks in part to these replies.

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thats should work just fine. I run the Belgium+ tubeless with the 28c version of that tire on that form so you’ll be just fine.
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