My 2005 Giant OCR C3 Frankenbike
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My 2005 Giant OCR C3 Frankenbike
I cracked the fork on my bike a few weeks ago. Giant doesn't offer crash replacement on the OCR forks and doesn't stock them, so getting a Giant replacement was not an option. Kinda bummed me out. So I picked up a Ritchey Carbon fork and slapped it on.
The Ritchey fork ended up being a little shorter somehow (side by side they seem the same, but the Giant fork had more clearance) so I also had to replace the front brake with a standard length caliper and move to 700x23 tires. my 25's wouldn't clear the brake.
Overall it matched up fairly well. Rides feels fine as well.
The Ritchey fork ended up being a little shorter somehow (side by side they seem the same, but the Giant fork had more clearance) so I also had to replace the front brake with a standard length caliper and move to 700x23 tires. my 25's wouldn't clear the brake.
Overall it matched up fairly well. Rides feels fine as well.
