New Forks Required

hugo15
hugo15 Posts: 1,101
edited April 2008 in Workshop
Took my good bike in to get the headset serviced and my LBS has just called to say I have a dirty great crack in the steerer tube in my forks. :(

So now I need a replacement. The forks I had were ITM Millennium and were about 6 years old.

What do you good people recommend? I am a weekend plodder who rides the occasional sportive and the forks will be pair to an Airbourne Ti frame. Budget is £100 to £150ish.

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  • JWSurrey
    JWSurrey Posts: 1,173
    I ride Dedacciai forks.
    Depends on whether you want a steel steerer tube, or a carbon one.
    If you go for full carbon, depending on what the broken fork had as a steerer, you may require a different type of 'bung.'
    I think it's the star fanged ones that can damage a carbon steerer by cutting in to it, causing cracking.
    Also, if you are fitting it yourself, tape it up where you're going to cut it, and ensure you wear some sort of mask, as the carbon fibres are apparently pretty nasty stuff to inhale.

    Deda. recently replaced their Black Force fork and the Black Wave fork, so you should get a good price on the old Black Force, or the new Black Wave is apparently much improved.
    There's even a deep-drop Black-Rain, which will take a mudguard, but obviously requires a deep drop caliper.

    Condor in London stock them, and Ribble seem to have quite a few too.
  • top_bhoy
    top_bhoy Posts: 1,424
    JWSurrey wrote:
    If you go for full carbon, depending on what the broken fork had as a steerer, you may require a different type of 'bung.'
    I think it's the star fanged ones that can damage a carbon steerer by cutting in to it, causing cracking.
    I think something like this is what you want for a carbon steerer.Compressor Adjuster
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  • hugo15
    hugo15 Posts: 1,101
    Went to the LBS today to discuss the fork situation. When I looked a the forks the crack started at the top of the steerer tube and ran down in a straight line for about 12 inches. It was cracked on both the inside and outside and was exactly at the rear of the steerer.

    Ended up blowing the budget and went for some Easton EC90 SL forks as a replacement ! :)

    I have checked the bung link and it looks just like the Cane Creek one I have so no issue there.
  • hugo15
    hugo15 Posts: 1,101
    Aggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    It appears that the Easton Forks I have chosen are like hens teeth at the moment. I chased my LBS up today and they are now telling me the distrubutor is saying it will be May. I have had a look at the usual suspects on the net but none there either :cry::cry::cry::cry:

    So starting the have a re-think. Does anyone have any experience of Kinesis forks? I am starting to look at either the Attack or Tracer fork.

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/CategoryProduct ... cer%20Fork
  • luke2792
    luke2792 Posts: 37
    You said you had ITM millenium before so why not get Time Millenium http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=19138 at only £140
    I got them when they cost only £100 :)
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Aspire velotech in the states have them for 175 quid, but you'll have to pay a bit to get decent postage.
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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    hugo15 wrote:
    Aggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    It appears that the Easton Forks I have chosen are like hens teeth at the moment. I chased my LBS up today and they are now telling me the distrubutor is saying it will be May. I have had a look at the usual suspects on the net but none there either :cry::cry::cry::cry:

    So starting the have a re-think. Does anyone have any experience of Kinesis forks? I am starting to look at either the Attack or Tracer fork.

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/CategoryProduct ... cer%20Fork

    the tracer fork got a good review somewhere recently - it was designed to go with their KR810 carbon frame - it is incredibly light at 358g - you have to pay a lot more to get that sort of lightweight from most other manufacturers.
  • edeverett
    edeverett Posts: 224
    "Does anyone have any experience of Kinesis forks?"

    Yep. I've got the Kinesis 12k Racelight T forks on my Ti Burls. They are well made, more comfy than the straight-blade aluminium bone shakers on the other bike and of a weight that doesn't make me worry about hitting ripples in the tarmac. However, I think the rake, at 45mm, is a touch long. If/when I plan to do more than 'plodding' I'll look for something lighter, but they don't stop me beating my friends around Richmond Park as it is.

    Oh, and they can fit a mudguard - I ride my bike when it's not sunny.

    In all: good quality, excellent value but not the lightest.

    Ed

    (If anyone with influence is listening, please put some mudguard eyelets on a sub 400g fork.)
  • top_bhoy
    top_bhoy Posts: 1,424
    I have the Kinesis 'Energy' forks and it is a very good combination onto the Kinesis RC2 frame. They suit this combination and without comparing them to others (as I don't have too much experience of riding different bikes), the best I can say is that it is a set of good-looking forks which do as they say and I'd buy them again.
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  • hugo15
    hugo15 Posts: 1,101
    Other option from the LBS is Kuota forks. They have suggested these

    http://www.kuota.com.au/products/forks/win.asp

    Anyone got any experience of them?

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