carbon fork

stueyc
stueyc Posts: 518
edited December 2007 in Road beginners
have a claud butler 4yr old road bike...looking to add relatively inexpensive carbon fork

do they all come with the same measurements?..lbs states £15 to fit a new fork,worth giving it to them to do?

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  • cervelorider
    cervelorider Posts: 91
    700c forks are either made for threaded(older style) headsets, or threadless 'Aheadsets.
    if you can establish that you have a threadless aheadset, you must then measure the diameter of the steerer, which will usually be 1" or 1 1/8".
    If you are unfamiliar with bike mechanics and parts, £15 sounds quite reasonable for the LBS to do.
    Get the LBS to check what type of fork you need, given what I've mentioned above about sizes.
  • John C.
    John C. Posts: 2,113
    Sounds good to me. I over tightened the stem and crushed the steerer. 15 pounds would have saved me 150. :oops: :cry:
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  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    On the other hand, you could buy one of these and do it yourself...time and time again.

    http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=T0019
  • feel
    feel Posts: 800
    stueyc wrote:
    have a claud butler 4yr old road bike...looking to add relatively inexpensive carbon fork

    Can i ask why? Is the present fork steel or an aluminium alloy?
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  • Nine Stone Cowboy
    Nine Stone Cowboy Posts: 176
    Fit the fork, but be careful when you cut it - Me? I'd get the IBS to do the graft.
  • John C.
    John C. Posts: 2,113
    Smokin Joe wrote:
    On the other hand, you could buy one of these and do it yourself...time and time again.

    http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=T0019

    Just gone on my Chistmas prezzy to self list
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    Hills are just a matter of pace
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    It's highly unlikely that a 4yo bike is going to have a threaded fork - so almost certainly it's going to be 1.125" threadless. Your bike probably has a steel or aluminium fork - if the former, then you'll save a big chunk of weight and the latter, it'll improve handling and save some weight too. If you don't have an inkling of what you need to do to fit a fork, then best leave it to your LBS - untrained with the wrong tools is likely to cost you more than £15 to put right. Depending on the state of your headset, you may want to budget for a new one too and get it fitted at the same time. These days you can buy a decent carbon fork from £50 upwards and apart from wheels, it proably the best upgrade you can give to your bike.
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