Any intel on Enve Adventure Fork

[marciero]

Originally Posted by weisan

Oh I do remember those end caps....very "special" indeed.

You'll remember the failed QR on the original rather non-standard thru axle, tightened with vice grips.

[Velocipede]

photos and info is on the Enve website now. Including tire capacity.

[dbnm]

https://www.enve.com/en/products/adventure-fork/

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by Spdntrxi

I like that rake adjustment too.. can be very useful.

Interesting design, but apparantly it is more than just a rake adjustment. It also changes the fork length and maximum tire clearance. From what I read into the specs, the two options are:

Option 1:
55.5mm offset, 406mm axle to crown, 29x2.3/27.5x2.6 maximum tire clearance.

Option 2:
49mm offset, 398mm axle to crown, 29x2.1/27.5x2.4 maximum tire clearance.

On a typical bike, a 7mm fork length change will change the head and seat tube angles by almost 1/2 degree, and change the BB drop by about 3mm.

[sparky33]

The flip shift is significant. It makes sense to me. Having Option 1 with more offset, clearance and length (stack) when adventuring with a bigger tire and fork bags sounds about right. Then you have Option 2 for everyday riding.

The clearance is intriguing.

Is it 1.5 at the crown race?

Originally Posted by Mark McM

Interesting design, but apparantly it is more than just a rake adjustment. It also changes the fork length and maximum tire clearance. From what I read into the specs, the two options are:

Option 1:
55.5mm offset, 406mm axle to crown, 29x2.3/27.5x2.6 maximum tire clearance.

Option 2:
49mm offset, 398mm axle to crown, 29x2.1/27.5x2.4 maximum tire clearance.

On a typical bike, a 7mm fork length change will change the head and seat tube angles by almost 1/2 degree, and change the BB drop by about 3mm.

[EB]

Originally Posted by MarinRider

Mike Varley's MCD friendly!

Nah, tapered steerer.

Mr Varley has a road bike with a tapered steerer coming, but the MCD and Road Plus use 1 1/8” head tubes that are incompatible with this fork.

[ColonelJLloyd]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

Interesting design, but apparantly it is more than just a rake adjustment. It also changes the fork length and maximum tire clearance. From what I read into the specs, the two options are:

Option 1:
55.5mm offset, 406mm axle to crown, 29x2.3/27.5x2.6 maximum tire clearance.

Option 2:
49mm offset, 398mm axle to crown, 29x2.1/27.5x2.4 maximum tire clearance.

On a typical bike, a 7mm fork length change will change the head and seat tube angles by almost 1/2 degree, and change the BB drop by about 3mm.

That is if the offset of the new fork is the same as the old one, right?

If a frame had a 73 degree HTA and wore 700x48 tires with the fork in Option 2 configuration (49mm rake, 398mm A-C) then I believe if you switched to Option 1 configuration (55.5mm rake, 406mm A-C) the HTA would then be 72.73 degrees and the front-center increased by about 8mm. Mechanical trail would drop from about 57mm to about 52mm.

If the bike was designed with a 72 degree HTA for a fork with Option 2 specs then the change would be about the same if a touch less. But, I am an accountant not an engineer.