Originally Posted by
squirtdad
Originally Posted by
NumbersGuy
Thanks guys. I was thinking along the same lines and thinking that the strength to handle disc brake loads isn’t hampering the ability for forks to handle well, especially carbon with wider tires. Handling is such a subjective thing anyway, very hard to quantify what is “better”.
Look at it the other way around....how much better handling and lighter could carbon forks be if they did not have to have the strength needed to handle disc brakes?
granted all is difficult to quantify so ride what your have
and switching things up a bit there were disc brakes in the 70's....they just didn't work well
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Still wondering what you mean when you suggest that non-disc-brake forks offer "better handling." The best-handling bike I own -and, not coincidentally, the one I enjoy riding the most - is a first-year Specialized Langster fixed-gear model, built with large-diameter aluminum tubes throughout both the frame and fork. Both the frame and fork are as stiff as it gets, so the rear wheel tracks the front wheel perfectly. It's a pure pleasure to ride.