Wow... that IF is sick. Maybe replace the pink with another color, or not. I would take it either way.
i guess its up to the builder.
i got a zanc cross bike.
i cannot come up with any scenario that would have had me put a carbon fork on it.
my road stuff is all carbon.
not disliking carbon forks...
but steel seems right on a steel frame.
Is that pink, or is it a match for the CK pewter headset? And how did that not make the industry folks' personal bike thread? Boom goes the dynamite.
On some bikes, like a Sachs, a carbon fork is sacrilege. On other bikes it works. Either way, the frame should determine the fork (material, rake, etc.), and not the other way around, IM(CU*)O. It's like that book: "It's Not About the Fork."
*"completely uneducated"
IMHO, the fork is a HUGE piece of the puzzle. Ride. Aesthetics. Capability.
Why don't more builders build their own forks?
don't know the owner, photo culled from the interwebs.
tastes great: less filling
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigshan...27632/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nc_psyc...33548/sizes/l/
My incoming Kirk and Zanc will have a carbon fork. A Sachs cross frame will have a steel fork. I wouldn't have it any other way.
What the last guy said...
[What about guys who build custom titanium frames? From what I've seen it's impractical to make ti forks, so would Richard and Dave suggest ti builders build custom steel forks for the ti frames, or would it be more acceptable for them to use carbon forks?]
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