I have a 1983 Cannondale 56 cm road frame I would like to update with
a carbon fork. What do you all recommend? I want to stick with
threaded so I can continue to use my cinelli stem/bars.

cv

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:38:10 +0000, Charles Vegman wrote:

> I have a 1983 Cannondale 56 cm road frame I would like to update with a
> carbon fork. What do you all recommend? I want to stick with threaded so
> I can continue to use my cinelli stem/bars.

You are looking at a steel steerer, and for those there are a lot of good
bargains out there. Mine's a Kestral, and it works fine. Hell, they all
do -- if they didn't we'd hear about it.

The only difference is that you will lose some weight. Over a steel fork,
you may lose a pound. Aluminum? Maybe nothing. Ignore all the bull****
about the ride being more "compliant", whatever that might be.

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David L. Johnson

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On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:42:51 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
> wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:38:10 +0000, Charles Vegman wrote:
>
>> I have a 1983 Cannondale 56 cm road frame I would like to update with a
>> carbon fork. What do you all recommend? I want to stick with threaded so
>> I can continue to use my cinelli stem/bars.
>
>You are looking at a steel steerer, and for those there are a lot of good
>bargains out there. Mine's a Kestral, and it works fine. Hell, they all
>do -- if they didn't we'd hear about it.
>
>The only difference is that you will lose some weight. Over a steel fork,
>you may lose a pound. Aluminum? Maybe nothing. Ignore all the bull****
>about the ride being more "compliant", whatever that might be.

Thank you, David for the response. Early Cannondales came with steel
forks, so I guess I'll save an entire pound (which is a terrific
weight savings, I hear that that is about the same weight as a
waterbottle completely full of water!)

I ended up ordering an Easton EC30 (steel steerer tube, aluminum
crown, carbon legs). Cheap and seems to be reliable, according to the
reviews I have read.

cv