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Originally Posted by nooneline
The Ritchey fork is a very nice fork, but yeah, it's got this issue. Some of the other forks you mention are oversized lower bearings, which provides some additional stiffness from the crown into the legs that, I've noticed, helps reduce the leg flex that leads to chatter.
If you want to save money, put a mini-v on the front and see how you like it.
If you want to spend money, put an Enve fork on the front and see how you like it.
If you want to spend even more money, get a new bike.
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The X-Fire I had didn't have a tapered steerer, the Hodala and the X-Night did. None of them had a problem. I believe the X-Fire had an Alu steerer though. EDIT: Non tapered but a carbon steerer. I tell ya, I love the Ritchey but I'd trade it straight up for a canti X-Fire or a canti Raleigh RXC.