Alloy steerer on a carbon fork, turn off?

[timto]

Originally Posted by FriarQuade

At the price point of a production titanium frame, I would want a full carbon fork. If we were talking steel bikes I could go either way.

Agreed

[ridethecliche]

Full carbon.

I associate alloy steerer's with a brand trying to fit a pricepoint vs quality.

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by ridethecliche

Full carbon.

I associate alloy steerer's with a brand trying to fit a pricepoint vs quality.

Or that it is an MTB. The majority of MTB forks use alloy steerers.

[Turkle]

I suspect that if we were talking about inexpensive, off-the-shelf bikes then it wouldn't matter one way or another. But if I understand your products correctly, I think you are catering to a market segment that most definitely cares about that sort of thing and using an aluminum steerer would be a turn-off.

I have a road bike with a carbon/aluminum fork and it's a wonderful riding bike, it's not like you can tell when you're riding the darn thing, and it allows me to use a different type of stem than I would otherwise. But you know how it is. People will freak out about the 20 grams or whatever.

[fmradio516]

Wouldnt bother me much... maybe wanna do a post with a poll for this so you can get some numbers graphed.

[Alexi]

Originally Posted by fmradio516

Wouldnt bother me much... maybe wanna do a post with a poll for this so you can get some numbers graphed.

Didn’t even know that was an option

[mhespenheide]

Originally Posted by PJN

I will say I’m having a midreach ti travel frame being built by carver for an alpha q cs25 (that I wish fit bigger tires) currently so I’m totally the target demographic and I really question how many of these you will actually sell.

Sideline: have you checked out the Whisky mid-reach carbon fork? I think they have better clearance than the Q CS-25.