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For a commuter, would a cheap Surly or Soma steel cross fork suffice?
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Lewis, I hear you and have had your problem. Having sold you a frame in the past, I know we're the same size. Having attempted all sorts of solutions, including VBrakes, pad tow, etc, I found the best solution has been to use a fork with the cable hanger in the fork crown. A Whisky 7 canti fork has the hole you need, and is made with "beefier" carbon than the Ritchey. My Moots fork also has a hole in the crown. With the hole in the fork crown, you can mount the crown cable hanger as Angry suggests. It shortens the cable distance and the eliminates the shudder effect.
Some forks are better than others. ENVE is very good and is the best, non drilled canti fork (I've found). Reynolds and Ritchey's were bad. AlphaQs were modest, but not as good as ENVE. The crown solution is the only one that's worked consistently. I've considered a "mullet" set up, but never tried it. I have a BNIB Ritchey WCS disc fork with straight 1 1/8" steerer I'd sell for a reasonable price if you want to keep the system all-Ritchey and try the mullet setup. Last edited by mistermo; 11-21-2017 at 10:44 AM. |
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Just a comment: my Hampsten has Alpha Q Cross Fork and Paul Neo Retro canti brake with hanger mounted on headset and it never shudders.I'm not smart enough to tell you what to do. :-)
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It's only a commuter because I don't want to ride my Russ Denny Masi in the dark. This is my gravel/CX race bike.
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Isn't the Swiss Cross head tube 1-1/8"? If so I think Ritchey and Whisky are the only current manufacturers making a decent carbon canti fork that would fit. The Whisky would look great on that bike.
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This is true for both canti and disc, assuming mullet. Both Lewis and I ride X Large frames and the effect is exaggerated on larger frames. Steel forks are OK, but carbon forks have always caused me problems. I suppose I could lose weight, but that's not working either.
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Fork mount hanger and try the green Swiss stops.
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Why the green pads?
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I've got a Ritchey cross comp fork with a drilled crown for sale here. never any chatter using the crown mounted stop. it is as new.
https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=211856
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As an alternative: go disc in the front. Better braking in the nasties and no fork shudder! M |
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What he said. Mini-v brake all the things.
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Mini-Vs
Crown-mounted hanger solved the problem on my steel-forked Double Cross (with a 215mm head tube). Could never get great performance out of the cantis (FSA) I had no matter how I arranged the straddle cable. Eventually I sold it, picked up a cross bike with mini-V's and I'm in heaven.
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