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I have a TREK 1500 model year 2000 and want to upgrade the forks to
Carbon following the complete failure of a friend's similar alu front
fork (it completely sheared through on the London to Brighton ride
last week).
A few questions:
- the headset is "Aheadset" - will this be 1 1/8" ?
- any recomendations as to makes of Carbon forks to go for ?
- annything else I need to consider before buying some forks mail
order ?
Thanks, Phil.
proton said:I have a TREK 1500 model year 2000 and want to upgrade the forks to
Carbon following the complete failure of a friend's similar alu front
fork (it completely sheared through on the London to Brighton ride
last week).A few questions:
- the headset is "Aheadset" - will this be 1 1/8" ?
- any recomendations as to makes of Carbon forks to go for ?
- annything else I need to consider before buying some forks mail
order ?
Carbon forks are going to be lighter, rather than stronger. I'd say the
forks probably sheared due to a maintenance / design fault rather than
because alu forks in general aren't up to the job. If alu / magnesium forks
weren't up to any hammer, downhill mountain bikers would be something of an
endangered species.
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