Recommendation On 1" Threaded Fork

Charles Vegman said:

I have a 1983 Cannondale 56 cm road frame I would like to update with a carbon fork. What do you
all recommend? I want to stick with threaded so I can continue to use my cinelli stem/bars.

You are looking at a steel steerer, and for those there are a lot of good bargains out there. Mine's
a Kestral, and it works fine. Hell, they all do -- if they didn't we'd hear about it.

The only difference is that you will lose some weight. Over a steel fork, you may lose a pound.
Aluminum? Maybe nothing. Ignore all the [censored] about the ride being more "compliant", whatever
that might be.

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David L. Johnson

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David L. Johnson said:

Charles Vegman said:

I have a 1983 Cannondale 56 cm road frame I would like to update with a carbon fork. What do you
all recommend? I want to stick with threaded so I can continue to use my cinelli stem/bars.

You are looking at a steel steerer, and for those there are a lot of good bargains out there.
Mine's a Kestral, and it works fine. Hell, they all do -- if they didn't we'd hear about it.

The only difference is that you will lose some weight. Over a steel fork, you may lose a pound.
Aluminum? Maybe nothing. Ignore all the [censored] about the ride being more "compliant", whatever
that might be.

Thank you, David for the response. Early Cannondales came with steel forks, so I guess I'll save an
entire pound (which is a terrific weight savings, I hear that that is about the same weight as a
waterbottle completely full of water!)

I ended up ordering an Easton EC30 (steel steerer tube, aluminum crown, carbon legs). Cheap and
seems to be reliable, according to the reviews I have read.

cv