What rigid forks are people using these days?

[Dan_K]

Had toyed with the idea of a new frame but like my Scott so thinking of getting a 29er rigid fork instead to swap as and when.
Can anyone recommend anything?
Have seen a couple of used Niner forks around the £200 mark but don't want to spend that much.
Not sure whether to risk a carbon eBay special either...

[benp1]

I put a Fargo fork on my El Mariachi

Although I've only bikepacked with it once so far (as it's singlespeed currently so only use it for local stuff), didn't actually use the cage mounts on the fork legs anyway

But I needed a rigid 29er fork so it felt like a good move

[Ray Young]

I bought a pair of no name Chinese carbon forks with carbon steerer from Ali Express. I needed a straight steerer which is hard to find nowadays. At £60 + £12 import duty + £18 handling I thought it was worth a gamble and apart from having to file a drop out a bit to get them at the same height I'm very happy with them. Stiff but compliant and weighing a whopping 1.8lb lighter than the steel fork they replaced. No complaints.

[Gari]

Depending on what A-C you need I have been looking at some carbon forks for the WTF on Amazon. The ones I am interested in are pretty short(for 29ers) I imagine, but there are some with 468 A-C too.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... 36TVU4ZUZ7 these are what I am looking at.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/FASTEAM®-Mount ... bike+forks for a longer A-C.
Most are tapered though. I have a straight steerer so theres little choice for me!

[thenorthwind]

Got an Exotic Carbon fork on my 26er. Very happy with it. Reasonably priced too.
http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=0&rb=6&

[JohnClimber]

I might have a Travers 29er+ carbon fork for sale soon if you're interested

[Dan_K]

Cheers all.

John, could be interested but it would need to be cheap. Probably cheaper than you'd want to sell for!
I need a tapered fork too...

[gairym]

I might have a Travers 29er+ carbon fork for sale soon if you're interested

If Dan doesn't have it I'd be interested in knowing how much you want for it.

Cheers, Gairy.

[Pirahna]

I've got Niner steel forks, they're quite springy with a lot of fore/aft movement. Great around the Herts bridleways where I live but I found them a bit of a liability on a recent trip to Wales. On rocky ground I never knew which way the front would ping off of things which made flat trails interesting, downhills nerve wracking.

[Mark E]

I also use niner steel forks and really like them. I do most of my riding in the Peak and find them ok on rocky ground, although you do need to be a bit more careful with line and they aren't as fast as suspension forks. I find them more comfy than the old on one carbon pace copies that I also have. Salsa do a steel fork with a 15mm they axle that is like to try, can't remember what it's called off the top oft head.

[AlasdairMc]

I have an exotic, an Enve and a Chinese special

The exotic (straight legged one) is ridiculously flexy, and the Enve and Chinese ones are much better. The Enve is finished much better and I'm a lot more confident on it but I'd not hesitate in getting a Chinese one again.

Mine was from eBay or Amazon (can't remember) but priced in AUD as it worked out slightly cheaper.

[adjustablewench]

Interested to hear how the geometry of the forks worked Alasdair - as the stooge forks seem to have a very unusual angle.

Love my stooge but I am very keen to try it with carbon forks - having always had carbon forks the steel ones on the stooge seem really harsh with the 29er wheels and skinnier tyres . . .not really noticeable with 27.5+ though which makes me wonder if it would feel like there was too much flex with the larger tyre carbon fork combination

I notice Brothersmith has put niner carbon forks on Bryan's old stooge . . . They look very similar to the angle of the stooge ones

[Taylor]

How long is your head tube Ione?

[Bearbonesnorm]

Interested to hear how the geometry of the forks worked Alasdair - as the stooge forks seem to have a very unusual angle.

It's the off-set of the Stooge fork which is a little unusual Wenchie. It's larger than most, which alters the trail*. Something with reduced off-set might work okay, you might like the effect produced ... or you might not

If I had more money than £3.79, I'd love to try the Stooge Ti fork.

*as in measurement, not swoopy singletrack

[Jurassic pusher]

Singular cycles sell the excellent swift steel 29er fork for about 80 quid

[Single Speed George]

i have the on one carbon forks really good if you want something dead stiff (whitch i do ) light super robust ! have taken some redicules hammer on train centres etc and good value

[Trail-rat]

After mangling 2sets of carbon forks in a year I settled on some nos kona project 2 tb triple butted so only a couple hundred grand between them and my carbon forks plus nice and twangy.

[Teetosugars]

I really need to get some new forks with bottle mounts on for my Krampus.
As its only a Medium frame, I can't use a the bottle cages if I use my Tangle Bag.