[Closed] Forks for Roadrat

Bonty Alu or Carbons....Pace, Whyte Bros.....

Sorry - with disc mount as well

Disc mount and light? You'll need to go Carbon or Alu. Or both (like the pretty Bontrager forks).

Steel + disc mounts + not flappy = not light forks I'm afraid

What's wrong with the standard ones? I can't see the point of trying to lighten a frameset that's made of gaspipe in the first place.
Point = missed, IMO

(I'm a Roadrat owner)

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Pace Carbon/Ti ctypes for me. Bit longer than the standard fork but no ill effects on my commuter

MM

To add...I mashed my old forks into a pedestrian!

The standard ones are a [i]bit[/i] heavy!

Most carbon MTB forks aren't actually that light, about 1kg for the bontrager ones, which is about the same as an aluminium fork or a kona P2.

To go really light you'd have to ditch the disc brake, and get a road/cyclocross fork.

[url] http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/components/forks-rigid/product/steelfork-09-33989 [/url]

not sure how light though...

Thanks for the constructive replies.

I'm not looking to build a superlight. I'd be starting from a different point if that was the case.

I'm getting ready to use it for commuting and just fancied losing a bit of weight off the front.