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i know this has been done before but wondered if anyone had an informed opinion on any of the following
Im looking for a carbon fork to replace a steel one. 400mm ish a/c, 45-50 rake and ideally might as well switch to thru axle - Don't want to spend much, so after looking on the bay, narrowed it down to these:
3T luteus 2
kinesis ATR
kinesis cxd
kinesis crosslight pro - older i think
selcof gravel
why are there so many kinesis forks that are nearly the same?
Any others? any bargains around?
cheers
Kinesis are a big Taiwanese frame manufacturer who make stuff for different brands and generic parts but the Kinesis UK brand is a sort of own-brand off shoot I think. But they have various products between them I guess
The Selcof fork that PX sell looks as good as anything to me. The Pro6 fork is QR by the way
I currently own the Kinesis ATR TA fork, the Selcof Gravel 12mm fork and CXD.
The ATR is the prettiest and the lightest, the CXD is alright and the Selcof is the stiffest. There is some flex in the ATR compared to the Selcof.
Money no object, I’d be tempted to try ENVE or Whiskey no7 next. But I have no real complaints over either TA fork. The CXD is outclassed by the other 2.
I have a Rodeo Spork: https://www.rodeo-labs.com/rodeospork/
Which is very good, does everything you need really.
Another option would be the Pinnacle from Evans:
https://www.evanscycles.com/pinnacle-arkose-carbon-thru-axle-fork-EV304711
Many thanks everyone...
I’m leaning toward the atr fork but there’s also a couple of new ones on there too, like the spork... flat mount though.
Much appreciated
You can now get a Post mount to Flat mount adapter.
I built my Mrs a CX frame around the Luteus fork. I rate it, and had the best mud clearance / weight / price / trusted manufacturer balance I could find. Currently half price at Merlin (I've considered stockpiling one for future projects)
https://www.evanscycles.com/pinnacle-arkose-carbon-thru-axle-fork-EV304711Pinnacle specced up this fork with a manufacturer in 2016 and left it as open mold with them, we got what we wanted for the Arkose. Now a few other brands use it and I've seen it retailing at £400+.
Missed opp by us, or realistic pricing and unwillingness to milk it? : ) Anyway - just what you're looking for at a good RRP.
^^^ Ive just got the bolt thru arkose fork and am very happy with it indeed.
I was hoping to find something used on eBay but there’s actually some bargains about... most of the above are around the £200+ mark, more than I wanted to spend but very good price and new!
Hmmm luteus, akrose or atr?
Have a brand new unused ATR post mount one if you're interested? I am very bad to getting around to advertising stuff 😀
Thanks brassneck, sent you a pm