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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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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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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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