For a few seasons, the White Bro's Snow Pack fork was pretty much one of the ONLY fork choices available that was relatively light and not offset or using rear disc brake mount standards. In other words, I did not have the tooling at the time built to make forks and so these were the only course of action that had a relatively good balance of options. The rode well enough for me and no one complained other than the aesthetics. Basically it got you out there on snow when everyone else was on their duff's. That's the point!
I will say a tapered fork (no matter what brand) tracks exceptionally better than a traditional 1.125" fork. Under heavy braking, little to no fork flutter, which translates to better tracking and more of a sure footed feel. It's a steel rigid fork at the end of the day - it's not going to be a miracle feel. But making my own forks opened up the ability to really tune "how" my fat bikes handle and ride, so that is really the biggest factor. For the record, the blue fat bike's fork was built to the same specs as the WP Snow Pack it once sported so as not to mess with any of the handling of the clients bike. My own is very different however:
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