Recommend a set of road forks

fat bloke

I'm currently messing around with my bike to see if I can get it to fit a bit better. I've been through a bout of neck pain and associated physio bills and it seems the bike is aggravating it. I've fitted and flipped stems of varying heights and lengths and I'm still not happy, so I'm investigating changing the fork.

The bike in question is a Felt F1 SL:



The geometry is quite aggressive to begin with, not helped by Felt supplying the bike with the fork pretty much cut down to the quick. The frame is technically the "right" size for me based on inside leg etc, but I've got a shorter torso and rubbish flexibility, so the bars could do with being higher and nearer. I've fitted an mtb stem with an aggressive angle on it, and apart from anything else, it looks absolutely sh1t - which like it or not, on an expensive machine, does count I'm afraid, or at least to me.

Thing is, I had this idea that a really good set of forks would be 7 or 800 quid, but just looking around the usual suspects - wiggle, chainreaction etc, it seems prices top out around 350.

So - any recommendations from anyone? Do forks bought on their own generally come with a decent excess of head room which can be cut down to your own size?

Don't suppose anyone fancies a swop with my current fork (bike is a size 56) or would I sell it handy enough?

It's quite integrated aesthetically into the frame as well, so I wonder how an off the shelf fork would match the frame, cosmetically speaking

fat bloke

These might be nice:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/3t-funda-team-carbon-road-bike-forks/

velo.2010

You say you have a short torso? If thats the case then its possibly a new frame you need rather than a new fork. Even if you found a fork with enough stack height it won't be enough to bring the bars closer to you IMO.

I think you need a frame with a relaxed geomatry (higher headtube) and as strange as it sounds a 58cm might bring the bike up to you more if you get my drift. Otherwise a 56cm from a company known for their shorter toptube lengths like Canyon.

fat bloke

velo.2010 wrote: »

You say you have a short torso? If thats the case then its possibly a new frame you need rather than a new fork. Even if you found a fork with enough stack height it won't be enough to bring the bars closer to you IMO.

I think you need a frame with a relaxed geomatry (higher headtube) and as strange as it sounds a 58cm might bring the bike up to you more if you get my drift. Otherwise a 56cm from a company known for their shorter toptube lengths like Canyon.

Yeah, I know what you mean, and we might have that conversation on a "Recommend me a new frame" thread . A 58 is straight away going to mean (usually) a 58 top tube as well, which is pushing the boat further out so to speak.

I think my first port of call, after a lot of amateur self diagnosis, is a proper bike fit. If I had done that first day I might have saved myself a lot of hassle:rolleyes:

Lumen

Easton forks look nice. I have one.

Murph100

Enve seem to be the current favourite over on WW, they do both straight & tapered.

http://www.enve.com/forks/2.0.aspx

fat bloke

Lumen wrote: »

Easton forks look nice. I have one.

Should that read "I have some"?


"Those forks is (real) nice" doesn't sit right with me