Integrated Headset-Specific Forks...Are they necessary?

No good functional reason. Just to drive us nuts. Seriously, I would guess that it started with the
intention to make it look cleaner but it is also a way that a lot of frame builders ensure that you
also buy the folk.

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I see some manufacturers (Reynolds, Profile, Columbus) now manufacture forks for bikes w/
integrated headsets. Is this just aesthetic, i.e. getting those smooth lines between the head tube
and fork? Or is there a functional purpose?

Thanks.

It's just for looks. As I already had a Look non-integrated HSC3 fork, I put it on a Litespeed
integrated-headtube frame that I purchased, and it works fine.

Nick

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I see some manufacturers (Reynolds, Profile, Columbus) now manufacture forks for bikes w/
integrated headsets. Is this just aesthetic, i.e. getting those smooth lines between the head tube
and fork? Or is there a functional purpose?

Mike said:

I see some manufacturers (Reynolds, Profile, Columbus) now manufacture forks for bikes w/
integrated headsets. Is this just aesthetic, i.e. getting those smooth lines between the head tube
and fork? Or is there a functional purpose?

Yes, forks for integrated headsets are only for aesthetics. Which only follows, since the integrated
headset itself is only for aesthetics.

Mark McMaster [email hidden]

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Mike said:

I see some manufacturers (Reynolds, Profile, Columbus) now manufacture forks for bikes w/
integrated headsets. Is this just aesthetic, i.e. getting those smooth lines between the head
tube and fork? Or is there a functional purpose?

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Yes, forks for integrated headsets are only for aesthetics. Which only follows, since the
integrated headset itself is only for aesthetics.

Or lack thereof

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