CX disc fork – alternative to Kinesis DC37?

I’m looking at getting a disc on my cx bike and currently the Kinesis DC37 seems to be the front runner – £130 and not silly heavy (though not particularly light either).

Any alternatives at a similar price?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=65378

No one?

I don’t think there are any others really to speak of yet, not that don’t weigh a ton anyhow.

not sure of weight, but have got the Cotic carbon disc jobbies on my X, which work nice.

I use the fore-running DC19 on a couple of bikes and they are very nice. As noted, middling weight, but that appears to be the only downer. Do Kinesis not do a disc-specific cross-specific fork (i.e. without the mudguard eyes)? May have imagined that mind and be more expensive…….

According to the Kinesis site, it’s either the DC37 (carbon) or the CX disc(aluminium).

Right, fair enough….. you just go ahead and base your posts on fact then!! 😆

Sorry 😉

the whole world is waiting for a decent carbon disc fork…..

Trigon do a 500g ish fork which is 415mm C2A, which is a tad long but well finished. Ebay has them.

You can get the generic ones from the states – Winwood do one I think. Redline too. But no better than the Kinesis I suspect.

At the top end there’s been pics of the 3T Luteus which has gone the other way and will be quite expensive. Not seen any for sale though.

Yeah, saw the trigon one but as you say, it’s a bit too long.

I think that the DC37 is pretty much what I want really – right length, price(ish) and weight is acceptable. Just really seeing if that’s really all that’s out there.

625gm is pretty light – the DC19s are 700gm.

I was looking at some for a roadrat I had. Here’s a link to the thread
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/alternative-forks-for-a-cotic-roadrat

I have some DC19’s on my Major Jake and have found them very good but they do look a little odd

I tried some mosso carbon ‘wrap’ disc only, cheap as chips but about 2cm too long and the offset was all wrong. Not a patch on the old AlphaQ CXs.

The Winwood was the best I could track down but no one seems to have them in stock.

The new Kaffenback forks + hacksaw? Or see if halfords will sell you a boardman one. Some konas have a disc only carbon one too.

I asked in Halfords a while back and IIRC they would sell you just the forks for £200 ish but then I think their carbon disc forks are tapered these days

The 3T Luteus is a tapered fork according to the 3T website

http://www.3tcycling.com/products.aspx?i=cross&t=crossForks&p=luteus

resurrection time…

anyone got a Kinesis crosslight disc fork?

this one : http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=18196

just wondering if they’re silly stiff or heavier than claimed.

You’d think it would be stiff, light tho.

If you can bear SH random stuff does come up on ebay…cheap too.

clubber, I have one of those – on a bike I virtually never ride

want to borrow it ?

DC19s in the Roadrat here. They’re great. Comfy and stiff

I thought enve had a disc fork, be expensive though

Expensive though.

scaredypants – Member
clubber, I have one of those – on a bike I virtually never ride

want to borrow it ?

That’s very kind – I really want to get the bike up and running pretty soon though and I’m not really near the New Forest…

Price wise, I’m looking mainly at the up to £100 range though will consider a bit more (like the DC37 @ £130)

I got a Winwood Muddy Carbon fork from the states.

Seem to be in stock at Lynskey but I paid 230 dollars + 30 shipping
http://www.lynskeyperformance.com/store/winwood-muddy-carbon-cyclocross-disc-specific-fork.html

Nice enough but well outside what I’m willing to pay unfortunately…

Thread resurrection!

About to buy some road disc forks, and looking mostly at the Salsa La Cruz:

395mm long which is about the shortest I’ve found. A smidge under 1kg, so not light, but ‘only’ £90.

The DC37 is a good bit lighter but 10mm longer and looks a bit weird.

Cheers

If you want steel you could save some money here:
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FOOOP12/on_one_pompetamine_2012_fork

I looked at the Salsa fork but they really are heavy.

I got a second hand fork in the end which is similar in weight but only cost me £30. I’ll upgrade to a better fork when I either change frame or more CX disc forks are available at a reasonable price.

I have some triple-butted P2’s that are disc only. Light, strong, cheap.

I have some triple-butted P2’s that are disc only. Light strong, cheap.

Light is sub 600g. Mid is 600-800. Heavy is 800+

Most forks out there are mid weight. Only the Trigon and top end jobbies are light (3T, Enve etc.)

Yup, mine weighed 1.2kg.

I’ll be selling some Boardman ones soonish. They are 700g, 1 1/8, alu steerer.

Could you send a pic and price please reggie? Email in profile

I have some for sale, sent you an email

I’ll try and get it done at the w/end. Riding Sat and working Sun so could be tricky. They’ll be £60 posted. Good nick, no issues. You can have ‘no quibble dibs’ mowgli 😉

Reggie – cool, cheers.

Stick_man, not had anything come though in my emails yet… What are you selling?

he emailed me… maybe some confusion as I’m not after another fork.

I quite fancy a pair of http://whiskyparts.com/ carbon cross forks. They are expensive and I don’t know if you can get them here yet but they feature on the new prototype Genesis 853 cross bike.

Trevor.