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So, I'm a wheel on the ground kind of guy and never had a problem with old fashioned QR forks and wheels. Have my eye on a couple of straight 1-1/8 forks on sale with 9mm QRs.
Would buying similar forks again limit future wheel upgrades? Or will I just get to use custom wheel builders instead?
I'd be more worried about buying a frame that only took a straight steerer. You can use straight 1-1/8 forks in any frame with a reducer headset. Similarly if your wheels are 20mm or 15mm you can use a reducer in those to make them suit a 9mm fork.
Why not ? They work just fine as do straight steering columns.
I'd count on manufacturers providing a product where a market exists.
Good forks should last a good few years (our Foxes are 6 and 8 years old) with regular servicing and cleaning.
Because of that, i would on your Soul.
Personally, I do like the extra security and noticeable boost of stiffness of a 15mm bolt through. (See what I did there).
Non-tapered 26" forks are a bit of rarity - think I started this thread worrying about the wrong end!
I bought a NOS 26" FS that only takes straight steerers.
Plan to keep it for over 5 years - frame cost me £200, total build is stupid cheap with a good spec (stealth reverb, xmm140, XT groupset).
I've Pro2's with XM819's - can't see mavic giving up on making them or the XM823, bit heavy, bit narrow and bombproof - didn't cost too much to get built up really. I'm not too stressed about getting replacements if they die. It'll only be used in summer (mainly) so will last 5+ years easy - my winterbike is a ancient 456ebb with alfine hub thats 6 years old and I expect to get at least another 5 years out of that (although I'd due to get the hub replaced as the cup and cones have gone).
As an aside, my xmm were the last straight steerer on sale anywhere I could find. There were a lot of RS on alltricks with straight steerers, not looked recently mind.
If you're in the market for some forks second hand, I've got some 2010 Fox Float RL 140 straight steerer with QR drop out somewhere in my garage. I replaced them in 2012 and not used them since.
I'm still using a set of 2007 float RLs on my XC bike. They work well & are easy to service...what's not to like?!
IIRC Fox have said they will continue to make 1 1/8" straight steerer CSUs for the foreseeable. Expensive solution would be to get a suitable Fox fork and do a CSU swap?
Get those 15mm Revs bought on the other thread.
Go on, go on, go on..........
I'll be forced to post a picture of Mrs Doyle. 😉
Preferring the lighter weight of Reba's or SIDs rather than the Revs.....
What you should not do is buy a set of 26" forks with tapered steerer & 15mm lowers - very choice limiting, straight steerer with QR on the other hand will fit just about anything.
SIDs you say? I have a pair of 100mm that have seen very little use and need to be "moved on" if that takes your fancy.
Planet X have 1 1/8th steerer 9mm QR SIDs for £280 if you want new.
That may be a Planet X "new" as there is only one and the steerer seems to have been cut to 250mm.
Why would a brand new fork have a steerer cut to 250?
To the original point it wouldn't worry me about buying a straight steerer frame, forks, QR etc,. as it should last a good few years at which time I would be looking to change anyway most probably.
Seems to be an unhealthy obsession/paranoia with obsoleteness on this forum which doesn't reflect the real world.
Scotroutes - will email you later, or if you can let me have details/pics/prices to the email in my profile please?
I had the same problem getting changing to 15mm axle on my old frame. I bought a straight steerer pair of Rebas from someone on here and I reckon with a full annual strip down you can make these things last for ages.
Would never buy any fork with a QR
My old Fox Vanilla died at the beginning of last year, had to change it - and there's not much choice out there: straight steerers and 9mm QR are a dying breed. Still, it was either that or change the entire bike, and they should last me a good few years so not too bothered. But if you've got the choice I'd pick something else.
I [i]think[/i] so, price dependent- our HTs (straight steerers) have 9mm QR forks but I would like to change them to 20mm axles eventually. I don't want to change frames so I have to deal with what's available in 1 1/8" and for the money I'm prepared to pay for new bike parts (forks especially), Suntour higher end forks are fine for us. We've got QR Epicons on the HTs and I have a 20mm Durolux on my FS.
We use Halo bolts rather than QR skewers though, so there's maybe a bit less noodle there.