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Old January 8th 06, 08:45 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:

How compatible could such a fork be with nutted axles? My best guess
is not at all.


Yeah, that's sure to a drawback for many users....


I don't know where you live, but this neck of the woods (central
Seattle) is lousy with hipsters on pista bikes. Those who aren't
riding vintage bikes are likely to have carbon forks-- but not carbon
dropouts (at least not for long).

Chalo

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Old January 8th 06, 09:09 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:

How compatible could such a fork be with nutted axles? My best guess
is not at all.


Yeah, that's sure to a drawback for many users....


I don't know where you live, but this neck of the woods (central
Seattle) is lousy with hipsters on pista bikes. Those who aren't
riding vintage bikes are likely to have carbon forks-- but not carbon
dropouts (at least not for long).

Chalo

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Old January 9th 06, 10:59 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Alex Rodriguez wrote:
In article . 138,
says...


"Eric Shanabrook" wrote in
news:BQ0vf.8084$gq4.6918@trndny04:

Are there any fork carbon-dropout durability issues, it seems like
metal might be a better material...for the dropouts? Could Carbon
fiber crumble/crush under compression over time (compression from the
skewer), but the fork makers probably have it figured out ok.


The question is WHY? What advantages would carbon dropouts have over metal?
The weight saved is too negligible to make weight-saving a credible
argument. This is nothing like comparing a carbon fork to a metal fork. If
they ever do come up with this one...


An all carbon fork means they don't have to glue in the drop outs. There is
the potential to save on costs.
--------------
Alex


And save the potential problem of the glued in metallic dropouts
pulling out of the fork legs. Vitus used to send out directions and
glue to people who had the tubes pull out of the lugs on their aluminum
bikes. Trek made its 2100 and 2300 frames with tubes and lugs glued
together. Maybe someone familiar with Trek warranty claims can say if
Trek had similar problems of tubes and lugs separating where they were
glued together. In a similar vein, American Classic seatposts used to
be one piece, like the forks with carbon dropouts. Now they are two
pieces, like the carbon forks with glued in dropouts. Which would you
prefer? I won't be trading in my one piece AC post for one of the new
two piece ones.

 




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