Non-suspension corrected 29er forks

It seems both my builds desire forks that are a nightmare to find.

I’m after a non-suspension corrected 29er fork, axle to crown about 450mm, with a decent offset, like 50mm or larger, and almost non seem to exist.

At the moment I have a really nice Salsa Cromoto 26er fork, but I’d like to speed up the handling without making the bike any steeper.

The closest I’ve found is this crazy Velo Orange thing with a huge 62mm offset, but unfortunately it’s a little two short at 430mm:

Piolet Fork

Everything else from Singular, Salsa, Surly, etc., seems to be 470mm or longer. Or it’s the right length but with a small offset of around 40mm. The only other things I know of that could work aren’t available on their own (like a Genesis Vagabond fork or something.)

May be sticking with the Cromoto is the best bet… But any other ideas?

p.s. this is the bike a while back

I’m in the same boat. Well sort of. I have a bunch of forks to suit my current bike. But searching for something “slightly” different (e.g., if I wanted different offset but same ballpark AtoC length) turns up nothing.

There’s a Jones unicrown here: https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-jeff-jones-fork-and-old-town-canoe/

It will be 445mm with 55 mm offset. But it brings it’s own world of pain in the form of a 135mm QR axle that uses the disk-mount offset of a front disk hub rather than a commonly available 135 rear (yeah, thanks Jeff…).

Seeing as your pic shows a QR wheel, the best bet (if any still exist) would be from a Singular Gryphon: 445 (or is it 455?) with 55 offset with 100 mm QR. The whole front end geometry on a Gryphon was the same as a Jones 29er, except the Singular had a normal front QR hub and longer head tube (both things that would improve my Jones no end).

It seems a lot more forks are coming with more offset recently, such as randoneuring forks for fatter rigid 650Bs, and some rigid non-suss-corrected 29er forks by Kona (which were 445mm). But I’ve found the same as you: Either one of the parameters is wrong, the tyre clearance is too tight, or they’re not available aftermarket.

I have a “biplane” Pacenti lugged fork crown as a desk ornament, and I’m resigned to getting a custom fork when I next want to do some experimenting.

Yea, I noticed that Jones fork but there is certainly no chance I’m replacing the front hubs of both my front wheels!

That Singular fork would be perfect, but not sure I’ll ever track one down without having to buy a frame as well, and even that is somewhat rare. I can’t believe Surly don’t make something suitable.

Those Velo one’s are on my mind now though, the whole bike looks great, although far too touring for what I need…

Ask Sam Alison – he might still have some Gryphon/Hummingbird forks lying around.

445mm a/c, 55mm offset.

sam@singularcycles.com

What steerer tube length do you need, because I might have a Hummingbird fork?