Carbon winter forks
trek_dan
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Obviously in the middle of an awesome heatwave the logical thing to do is rebuild your winter bike, right? So can anybody recommend a good set of budget friendly carbon winter forks with an eye for fitting a proper fixed mudguard? There are a few cheap sets on Ebay but both are for long drop brakes which isn't what I want. The cheapest I've found so far are a Deda set at Ribble for £90, which is a little more than I wanted to spend since the new winter frame only cost £80 (ex display Dolan Pref). Thanks
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Winter forks mean fatter tyres and full guards and that usually mean long drop brakes I'm afraid.
Shimano R650 brakes are a lot better than most standard callipers.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX0 -
Was it the Deda black rain you were looking at? £80 for those is pretty good - they're £130 most other places.
Good winter fork with mudguard eyes. Think it is a long drop fork as well though.
Have a look here: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=17019401
I think there is a kinesis as well...http://www.georgesfoundation.org
http://100hillsforgeorge.blogspot.com/
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I've been in the same boat. Paid £60 for a second hand Preffisio frame and ended up spending more than that on Alpina forks from Dolan.
http://www.dolan-bikes.com/index.php/bi ... -fork.html
Maybe more than you want to pay, but they will work perfectly with your frame. The Deda Black Rain, as mentioned, are for long drops.
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There's the Kinesis DC07 fork to consider, but to get adequate clearances like others have said, you're looking at longer drop calipers.
Ribble have three for under £100.0