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1" carbon fork for steel frame

by xveruskax
Sat, Jun 30, 2018 19:19
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Hi,

 

New here. I'm looking for suggestions on a 1 inch carbon fork for a steel frame bike, a Bianchi Tipo Corsa. I'd prefer black, simple with little text, but more importantly that it is light.

Any suggestions?

 

 

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kil0ran | 6 years ago
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Condor - £110, includes mudguard eyes. Optional upgrade for the Fratello. 658g

 

https://www.condorcycles.com/collections/forks/products/condor-1-carbon-...

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fukawitribe replied to kil0ran | 6 years ago
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kil0ran wrote:

Condor - £110, includes mudguard eyes. Optional upgrade for the Fratello. 658g

 

https://www.condorcycles.com/collections/forks/products/condor-1-carbon-...

That's not a bad price and nice and simple looking but very heavy (not much tyre clearance either) and the weight was important to the OP

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I'd prefer black, simple with little text, but more importantly that it is light

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Vejnemojnen | 6 years ago
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I'm running a TREK OCLV fork, 1 inch, it has spare room for even 32mm tyres, and yet works with short-drop calipers (39-50mm)

 

The steerer was a tad short, but the mechanic in my local bike store welded a little extension, making it just perfect. The additional weld cost me 5 GBP labour, and been hassle-creak free since 2 years (approx. 15k km-s covered)

 

If you only find 2nd hand with shorter steerer, look for someone, who is experienced with welding-extending steerer tubes.

 

Oh, I use it with an expander bung, search ebay for "Neco 1" steerer tube expander"

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NECO-1-25-4mm-Alloy-Top-Cap-Expander-Compressor...

 

you can also pick a J&L fork, but I think they are quite pricey

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hylix-Road-Bike-Full-Carbon-Threadless-Fork-1-2...

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hylix-Full-Carbon-Road-Bike-Threadless-Fork-1-2...

 

 

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yourealwaysbe | 6 years ago
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The Columbus Minimal is full carbon and about 350g, £190. Designed to suit the steel look. Found it a bit difficult to find a store that had it in stock last Jan, but this looks promising:

https://store.pedalrevolution.co.uk/56094/products/columbus-minimal-non-...

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Welsh boy | 6 years ago
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Just under £90, 520g, aluminium steerer, no text that I can see

https://www.cyclebasket.com/m15b0s544p1816/Zenith_F_02A_Carbon_Forks_1_I...

 

 

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Chris Hayes | 6 years ago
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I have the Mizuno forks on my Gios and would agree with BTBS on this.  According to one of the well-informed staff at Condor Bikes, Mizuno stopped making them as - in the early days of carbon - they were so nervous they might fail they over-engineered them and x-rayed them all to ensure quality control. Costs went through the roof and profitability through the floor.

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BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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IF you can find one Mizuno, I have one fitted to my Raleigh Titanium, absolutely solid as a rock and the CF steerer tube walls are thicker than any other 1" CF fork I've seen (So I had to buy an FRM bung to fit but think you can get narrow bungs easier nowadays)

There are so few full carbon 1" forks these days with known provenence so you might have to get a pair with alu steerer. LOOK HSC, Columbus, ITM , Alpina, Time are brands you should be ok with. Hylix do full CF for £60 from Thailand but you may well end up paying import VAT + the usual RM rip off charge

There's a pair of NOS Mizuno full carbon forks on ebay from Netherlands but it's gonna cost you £234. My Mizuno's were 430g uncut, you're looking around 600g+ with an alu steerer .

Luck hunting

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