blujosh

anyone know where i could get a chrome lugged fork that matches the specs of the stock kilo tt fork (or is pretty damn close to it)?

monsterkidz

Spicer. Your choice of threaded or threadless.
Soma Rush fork, same deal.

blujosh

ps. anyone know the current specs on the stock (threadless) kilo tt fork?

blujosh

the soma fork is a 41mm rake, and the spicer is a 38, as opposed to the 45mm rake on the kilo. won't that change the geometry/handling quite a bit, as well as increase toe overlap?

ZiP0082

the rake doesn't vary with framesize, right?

monsterkidz

Are you sure the Kilo has a 45mm rake? According to the Bike Island and the Bikes Direct sites the rake is 40mm. Which would put the Soma and the Spicer pretty darn close to the stock rake.

blujosh

sorry, i should have specified, i meant the 50cm size. it has a 45mm rake: https://www.cyclesmercier.com/geometry_tt.html

monsterkidz

Ahhh ok..
Try the Bike Works Chrome fork. It has a 43mm rake and can be cut down and run threadless on smaller frames. It's a nice fork I ran one on my Pista years ago.

Linky:
https://www.bikecult.com/works/parts/FKgenSB.html

blujosh

am also curious if anyone has found any decent matching threadless carbon forks for their kilo tt's (w/ a rake around 44-45mm to match the rake of the stock fork on the 50cm kilo)

BoozyMcliverRot

https://bikeisland.com/cgi-bin/BKTK_S...ils&ProdID=904

blujosh

yeah, was just lookin at that. seems like a decent match and a good deal.
anyone know what kind of effect the 2mm decrease in rake (offset) and the 20mm increase in axle to crown length would have on the bike/handling/toe overlap?

BoozyMcliverRot

I bought that fork the same time I bought my Kilo frameset.The fork is obviosly lighter and soaks up chatter more,but I cant tel any difference in handling between it and the stock fork.