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Carbon fork on a steel bike? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
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I'm looking for a new bicycle to replace my stolen gravel bike, and one of the options I have is a 12,6kg full CrMo steel framed gravel / trekking bike that seems cheap and robust enough. My only concern is that my previous bike was 9-10 kilos, with an aluminium body and carbon fork, and it rode really well, so i'm a bit worried it might not be as fun on longer rides.

So that got me thinking: how much weight could I reduce by switching from a steel fork to a carbon fork, and how easy is it to do it myself? Would it be worth it?

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[–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (8 children)

The bike I'm looking at would be 1100€ new, 450€ used, apparently in "good" condition

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    And it would be another €400+ for a carbon fork from a reputable brand, unless you can find a used one that will work. I would not trust cheap aliexpress forks.

    What bike are you looking at specifically? In that price range I’d rather get hydraulic brakes and at least an 11 speed groupset than a carbon fork. Unless that bike is just a killer deal and already has that stuff

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

    https://activebikes.com/product/2022-active-sirocco-gravel-360-silver/

    I'm just looking for a do-it-all bike, one that I can take on a train, ride in cities, roads and on gravel roads. 50% commuting, 50% leisure. My old bike was 2x10, I thought it was good enough but a bit hard going uphills

    Edit:

    I feel like 450€ for this would be pretty good, I could afford to put on some nice tyres and invest in a proper saddle and somehow bags as well.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    just for fun HY/RD

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah €450 isn’t bad. For a casual bike it will be fine, but I don’t think it would be worth changing the fork.

    I don’t know what the Finnish used market is like, but I would be surprised if you can’t find at least a 2x10 gravel bike for a similar price. But if 9 speed is fine for you, yeah it looks like a good quality bike.

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