ENVE or other road disc fork with 650b tires

[ColonelJLloyd]

Anyone have any experience running a 650b wheel with the ENVE 2.0 or comparable fork? Very curious to know if a 42-584 tire fits well.

[spinarelli]

there is this thread. not about 650b specifically but about the enve2.0 clearances.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=139011

[bicycletricycle]

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=173534&highlight=firefly


the fork being so much longer than it needs to be would drive me bananas!!!!!

[spinarelli]

Have you looked at the Enve Gravel fork? It says it has clearance for 700X35 with fenders. I would think that for 650B you could go way bigger.

http://enve.com/products/gravel-road-fork/

[spinarelli]

this for has a fat 26" tire

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflybicycles/sets/72157663986789435

[ColonelJLloyd]

this for has a fat 26" tire

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflybicycles/sets/72157663986789435

Which is cool, but not what I'm looking for. I'm trying to be able to share wheelsets between frames so I'm looking to replace my go-fast rim brake frame with a frame with similar geometry but disc brakes. No desire for fenders as those bases are covered elsewhere. Just looking for fat and light.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=173534&highlight=firefly


the fork being so much longer than it needs to be would drive me bananas!!!!!

I see what you're saying. A 42-584 tire would have more than enough room in the axle to crown area on a road fork (designed for 28-622) so no need for a gravel or CX fork there. Just wondering if there is enough width between the blades.

[bicycletricycle]

this for has a fat 26" tire

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflybicycles/sets/72157663986789435

that forks seem to be made of metal, I think the OP is looking for carbonissimo

[Pelican]

I can confirm that there's room in an ENVE Disc 2.0 and the new TRP CX fork. I've run both with Panaracer 650b x 42c GravelKings. The extra height does bother me a bit, but it's an easy swap between road, cross and fat-road tires (I have three wheelsets).

[ColonelJLloyd]

Awesome! Thanks so much.

[commonguy001]

I'm really surprised a 650b x 41 fits in the Enve Road Disc, the CX disc I get but seems like it'd be awfully tight in the straight up road version. I know my non-disc 2.0 wasn't very wide at that point of the fork blades and I would have assumed the Disc version would be similar.

[sandyrs]

I can confirm that there's room in an ENVE Disc 2.0 and the new TRP CX fork. I've run both with Panaracer 650b x 42c GravelKings. The extra height does bother me a bit, but it's an easy swap between road, cross and fat-road tires (I have three wheelsets).

That's the Enve road fork?

[Spaceman Spiff]

The Salsa Colossal used to come with an ENVE RD fork. Here's someone who fit Panaracer Pacenti Pari-Moto 27.5x1.5 (650bx38c):

http://forums.mtbr.com/salsa/colossal-822442-post12508964.html#post12508964

As a Colossal owner myself, I'm surprised it fits!

[sparky33]

Here is a Moots tapered road fork with a 650b Compass Babyshoe on a Pacenti SL23 rim. The side clearance is about 2.5mm as shown by the allen key wedged in the at the sidewall.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160425/b9976f1f4ef76076d5c24f492e09e626.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160425/fb95e1e2153a2025a3befef4f6e04244.jpg
not disc and too tight for my taste, but a demonstration that a 650bx38 could work nicely.
This fork has tons of room for the 700x29 tires the bike normally wears.

I bet the Parlee disc road fork would have perfect clearance for 650b because it has even more room.

[geordanh]

The Salsa Colossal used to come with an ENVE RD fork. Here's someone who fit Panaracer Pacenti Pari-Moto 27.5x1.5 (650bx38c):

http://forums.mtbr.com/salsa/colossal-822442-post12508964.html#post12508964

As a Colossal owner myself, I'm surprised it fits!

This is a pretty interesting thread that you linked - particularly his later comments on the bike not tracking well during cornering. I suspect that moving to a smaller wheelsize while keeping all else the same has reduced fork trail making for lighter steering feel. That combined with the fact that he's now dragging a larger contact patch around turns could have contributed to the wobble he had in cornering.

Sounds like ruining an otherwise really nice riding experience by f*$%# with proven geometry. Would also hate to see the ends of his crank arms next year dropping the bb that much.