Forks
 

Higher grade steel or high grade carbon forks - what is your preferrence and why?

What constitutes high grade?

Wound Up for dayyyyyssssssssssss.

Higher quality.

lol

.... yeah.... what constitutes higher quality?

are you looking at a certain tubing and up? a certain weave? what?

Personally, I've got a pretty firm one for Wound Up (carbon) and LDG's fillet brazed track fork (steel)

Haven't ridden on either, just think they look boss.

Wound Up is stiff but heavy. Looks so bauce sauce though.

I'm trying to learn about fork materials and how they affect the ride. I've read that a higher quality steel fork is better than a lower grade carbon fork. I know about steel grades but I know nothing about carbon weaves. I thought if I read what people like to ride and why when planning their builds, I would get a better idea of the materials...

Reynolds Ouzo Pro was a real comfy ride. Flexier than the Wound Up but within a reasonable amount. I would have kept it if it wasn't so ugly.

+1

Little known fact: even the full carbon version has an aluminum sheathing inside the steerer for stiffness/reinforcement/unintentional weight.

Steel. Set it and forget it. Maybe check on things every ten years.

Chrome-Moly Steel

I feel like I'm the only one who thinks wound up forks look like crap. They have no flow, no finesse.

you arent alone sir. i dislike them as well. they are aesthetically displeasing aka ****ing ugly.

infact, once i decide on my frameset, im probably going to run a nashbar carbon fork.

y'all cray

The wound up would only look appropriate on one of those old glued-together carbon bikes with metal lugs. And I don't think many people have terribly positive associations with those. The look is neat but it doesn't go with anything that I'd want to ride.

Wound Up looks awesome on my TET, and will probably look awesome on the GT if/when I ever get one. It's those thin toobs.

O RLY?

http://www.pedalroom.com/p/tet-track-1869_18.jpg

I don't think there's anything wrong with the way that looks.

except that front wheel, lol

Oh yeah. Ha!

Let's try this:

http://www.pedalroom.com/p/tet-track-1869_17.jpg

The bike looks okay, but the fork looks funky. Again, I like the aesthetic in general but the balance doesn't seem right to me. Just me. I'm not forcing my aesthetics on anyone and I myself ride what I would call an ugly bike.

Wound Up. 5 months ago: I flipped over, broke 10 spokes. I thought that the fork would be junk, however it only had a few scratches. Filled the scratches with nail polish. Its worth the dosh!

Here it is on my pipe bomb:
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=255434

Hnggg. So glad that Ouzo Pro is gone!

So nice.... if you ever want to let it go, I'm in the same side of the bay. :lol: