I just picked up an awesome Rock Lobster True Temper S3 road frame from a friend who is thinning his fleet. He was running an Easton EC70 fork, but I think it deserves something a little nicer. Since I plan to ride and race the bike, what fork would be the best option? I imagine the Enve, EC90, maybe 3T are the top options, but what do people recommend? I would prefer to run 25s, it needs to be a straight steerer, and I would like to make sure it is light and race-ready.
What do you guys think?
(Full build coming this winter)
Best racer's fork for straight 1.125"
Moderator: robbosmans
Pretty happy with my edge/enve 1.0 fork. I picked up one of the "old stock" with the edge decals and was running it on my caad9. Unfortunately my Focus uses a tapered steerer and its not worth trying to fit the edge fork.
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about 18 months ago i switched to an enve 2.0 fork (previously columbus minimal), it was a great improvement, no more understeer so i can be much more confident when cornering hard/fast
only downside i've noticed vs. the minimal is that on poor road surface there's more road buzz, but i think that's to be expected given the big difference in stiffness
only downside i've noticed vs. the minimal is that on poor road surface there's more road buzz, but i think that's to be expected given the big difference in stiffness
I've got an Enve 1.0 on my Cervelo R3SL. It works fine but does not match (it's flat black, the Cervelo is gloss black).
I got it as a "dark deal" for half off. It's a few grams over the stated weight.
There's a Ritchey fork that Excel Sports lists in their catalog that is light and not too expensive:
http://www.excelsports.com/main.asp?pag ... =1&minor=3
I got it as a "dark deal" for half off. It's a few grams over the stated weight.
There's a Ritchey fork that Excel Sports lists in their catalog that is light and not too expensive:
http://www.excelsports.com/main.asp?pag ... =1&minor=3
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