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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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