1" aluminum fork?
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1" aluminum fork?
Where can I get an aluminum road fork with 1" steerer? All I can find are 1-1/8" like these:
https://spicercycles.com/product/spic...uminum-459.htm
https://www.leaderbikestore.com/pd-leader.cfm
Or maybe I go with a Soma fork if it's lighter than most steel forks, but I can't find weights listed.
https://spicercycles.com/product/spic...uminum-459.htm
https://www.leaderbikestore.com/pd-leader.cfm
Or maybe I go with a Soma fork if it's lighter than most steel forks, but I can't find weights listed.
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1. "Carbon" forks in that price range usually have a steel steerer and are, therefore, heavier.
2. Bonding of different materials causes weakness.
3. Chrome paint looks chintzy.
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For my own edification- what bike is this fork going on that its being ridden hard enough that you are concerned with breaking a carbon fork off the steerer tube but also is so light weight already that a few grams difference in the fork's weight is a deal-breaker?
Not being snarky, just curious.
Not being snarky, just curious.
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The point IS that Alminum Forks are passe... NOT so good. THAT'S why most have been dicontinued.
I could tell you some horror stories but having not seen such with my own eyes, I'll forgo that.
Again.. jet's is OK. Aluminum forks, even swappin' the OE ones out for them, was all the rage in the late '80s & very early '90s.. 'till it was realized that they weren't so hot... not something to reach for'
OK, you hate Carbon, I can appreciate that. A chrmoly fork is MAYBE 2oz.s heavier than a chromoly AVG. I've exp. in such matters. 1" forks were the size long ago when pop., so most of those are gone.
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Carbon Fiber or Steel, Aluminum would be a waste. My sister has a Cannondale and it came with an aluminum fork. We had gone on a ride and within an hour her hands went completely numb. A week later we swapped it out for a full carbon fork and the numb hands went away. If carbon's appearance is such an issue for you a can of black paint solves that...
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For my own edification- what bike is this fork going on that its being ridden hard enough that you are concerned with breaking a carbon fork off the steerer tube but also is so light weight already that a few grams difference in the fork's weight is a deal-breaker?
Not being snarky, just curious.
Not being snarky, just curious.
If steel forks were only a few grams lighter than I'd go with one of them, but unless the Soma forks are particularly light then they all seem to be several hundred grams heavier than an equivalent aluminum fork, especially with the long steerer I require.
How can painting something black solve the fact that it's black? It doesn't.
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Here's another 1-1/8" aluminum fork for $19.99
https://store.icyclesusa.com/shared/S...t=products.asp
https://store.icyclesusa.com/shared/S...t=products.asp
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