Matt Vandart Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I'm building a new bike with the funds I gained from selling a few spare ones I had kicking around and was wondering if there are any carbon forks that are up to the job. I am building the bike around a Brisa frame I got on e-bay and fancy some carbon forks sorta like the ones the Coustelliers have in on their bikes in the leaps and bounds movie.Anyone use carbon forks?Are they any good?Anyone know what the ones on their bikes are?Thanks Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Gardner Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Danny Butler has been using the same Carbon Forks the Coustelliers used in Leaps & Bounds since 2003 i think. No idea what they are though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Muel has carbon forks on his Lite. He might know a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookyboy Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) Pace? Edited March 9, 2009 by Cookyboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf the Yellow Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 designed to run on xc frames and they're pretty light and flex plenty... so unless you want really weird geo and risk of loosing your face then don't bother..i asked around before about them carbon forks coustellier used to use and apparently they were some sort of prototype and never actually put in production? who makes them i still want to find out.steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I love my carbons, they're a little more flexy than the Echo Lites I had but they're really springy, the Lites felt a bit dead. I think they're getting on for about 2 years old now? Possibly 3, I go them with a bike I bought from Craig R (trialsalot), he made them.I wouldn't recommend them for a stock though, I tried them on mine and the extra width of the wheel gave it too much leverage and they were too flexy.They are fantastic, but I wouldn't have modified them myself. Mine are surprisingly strong, I've been doing slaps and hooks loads with mine and they havn't snapped, and I ran them for over a year.When you get them right they are fantastic, but it's a bit hit and miss, it's not like with aluminium forks, there isn't a lot of proof/testing with carbon forks. Mine are cut down Pace XC forks, but i don't know of anyone else apart from the Butlers who run/have run them.Just get some Viz/TrialTech/Echos, to be honest it's not worth the hassle, I doubt I'll own any again. I'll miss them but the cost makes it not worth doing, they were £150 to buy and £80 to have cut down and rebonded, or you can just buy some Aluminium ones for £50 second hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Good Info thanks GuysMatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 designed to run on xc frames and they're pretty light and flex plenty... so unless you want really weird geo and risk of loosing your face then don't bother..i asked around before about them carbon forks coustellier used to use and apparently they were some sort of prototype and never actually put in production? who makes them i still want to find out.steveMissed this before.Mine hardly change the geometry at all, they make the WB 3mm longer and the BB 5mm lower on my Echo than with Lite forks, and I trusted them more. I rode them properly, I never thought I'd better not do something in case they snapped. My mate Ryan used to wind me up by doing gaps to front and hopping on the front wheel on them though, they never showed any sign of weakness, and he did it a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzzbucket Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 i ran a pair of Marin carbon from there point reyes for just over a year and they stood up very well to hooks a nd front wheel moves but were let down by the crap tyre clearance. ( they had pannier mounts 1/2 way down the legs too)still going to this day on my town thrash bike but went back to alloys for more trust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsDisplay.co.uk Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Cultiv8ed Chris's fournales carbon forks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamtrials Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 (edited) There was something in MBUK about 8 or 9 years ago about a mod with some modified road bike carbon forks on it, anyone know anything about that? Edited March 10, 2009 by adamtrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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