Originally Posted by
Slaninar
Like I said, my experience has been the opposite. Carbon fork, alu fork, steel fork - all felt more - less the same with harder, narrower tyres, while good quality tyres, wider than 25 mm turned out to be the winning combination.
...the next most important thing is tire selection when considering ride quality. Not only width, but tread/sidewall characteristics and riding the right pressure (i.e., not too inflated).
And BTW, how many bikes have
aluminum forks? I'm really surprised to hear that... I know that Vitus has one with troubles a few years (decades) back, but I'm not sure I've seen an aluminum fork on any bike. And I've handled hundreds...