Rigid Fork

careca78

Hi All

I'm in my way to convert my (unwanted) Trek 8500 frame plus spare parts into a commuter and I'm considering replacing my SR Suntour suspension by a rigid fork to shave some weight.

Since budget is always short these days I've found this option, but I'm not familiar with the brand CarbonCycles:

http://www.carboncycles.cc/index.php?p=788&

Does anyone know this brand? How would you rate this fork? For 107€ this looks like a hell of a bargain!

Best regards

cooldad

Excellent quality.

careca78

Do you know any other options?
I've seen On-One has cromly and carbon forks, but the first is too heavy and the second too expensive...

cooldad

I would just buy the Exotic. Good stuff.

The Rookie

For a road commuter consider a Mosso fork, just as light and a little more 'give' for some comfort, I've been running one for about 18months on my commuter with 26"x 1.5" slicks.

Levi_501

Have you looked for a Kona Project 2?

There are some new ones still about.

The Rookie

The Mosso is a much better for for that use than the P2!

careca78

Thanks for your inputs.
I'm getting more inclined to the Carboncycles option because although there may be better forks for road use it seems better suited for offroad riding.
I will just continue my search…

careca78

Cooldad, do you own an Exotic fork?
Can you confirm what kind of dropouts they have? I can't get any info from their website, but they seem to have QR dropouts, which suits me fine.

cooldad

Nope but I know people who have bought them, and I have other stuff - stems, bars, grips etc. All been excellent.

I assume unless they say otherwise they are QR. The ones I've seen are.

Email them, or send them a message on Ebay.

Levi_501

The Rookie wrote:

The Mosso is a much better for for that use than the P2!

How did you come to that conclusion?

The Kona P2 is a great fork; it tracks very very well and is very responsive. It is also strong, tough, durable and cheap.

step83

The Rookie wrote:

For a road commuter consider a Mosso fork, just as light and a little more 'give' for some comfort, I've been running one for about 18months on my commuter with 26"x 1.5" slicks.

Have to agree, took rookies advice not looked back since really nice fork for not a lot of money or weight Been running with 2.1 semi slicks no problem.
Neat little feature of the disc ones. They have a built in 160mm fitting for less faffing!

The Rookie

Levi_501 wrote:

The Rookie wrote:

The Mosso is a much better for for that use than the P2!

How did you come to that conclusion?

The Kona P2 is a great fork; it tracks very very well and is very responsive. It is also strong, tough, durable and cheap.

Err, it's for a commuter, so most what you claim as benefits aren't, the Mosso is about the same price and lighter. Ergo the Mosso is better for the stated use!

WindyG

+1 on the Mosso fork, i did the same as the OP and used an old frame as a commuter and this fork was cheap and light at around 700gms

allthegearnoidea

i picked up a set of onza forks from ebay for the jump bike, new in box, £40 iirc, onza fall guys, they also had the lighter trail versions, came with disc mounts and hydraulic rim brackets,
fallguy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Onza-Fall-Guy ... 3a91811c40

flyguy
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Onza-Fly-Guy- ... 51c7794100

The Rookie

Careful with Onza forks as they often are rather short in the A2C for use in place of a suspension fork.

allthegearnoidea

Iirc these were 420mm which was more than the old forks on 80mm by 30mm, a lot less than the ht on 140mm as thats up nearer 500mm, but a nice comfy riding posution on the jump bike,

careca78

Hi

I've received my Carboncycles CC-F0945 fork yesterday and although the finishing is good rather than excellent the weight is just like they say in the tin... 0.900kg flat with the 265mm steerer tube, so it can get lower!
I expect to try it this weekend, so you can expect some feedback soon.

Best regards