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did ask if they'd consider a fork more suited to front loading but they said that it would involve change the Geo too much.
The thing is, not everyone ride with a rack, a very few minority does, so if Genesis made a low trail (or closed enough) fork, it will feel very nimble without a front load, and not in a good way, even the Specialized AWOL have a high trail fork for off road stability (they could get away with mid-trail thought).
The downside is that the high trail fork often felt sluggish compared to a road bicycle on the tarmac as @skinny found.
The CdF's current geometry is great fun off road, the high trails is always useful for this reason, take a low trail bike off road and it's pretty difficult to ride without a front load.
The Thorn fork with the 55mm rake is a perfect alternative, it make the Croix de Fer feel exactly like a road bike (mid-trail) with it's slack head angle, but then again, that mean it feel more like the Equilibrium with slightly more tyres clearance.
Unfortunately, the 2015 model have a standard CX length fork (395mm) meaning that the Thorn fork will be too short, fortunately it mean those who wish to have a carbon fork, can do so.
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@spotter - sneaky! Didn't see you take the snap :) I've now increased offset to 50mm for all sizes - to give a medium trail of around 65mm. It'll also aid toe-clearance especially on the smaller sizes (esp. with tyre size increasing to 40c next year). @edscoble is bang-on regarding low-trail specific geo - they really are designed to specifically allow for front load carrying. Which is fine if it's a tourer/randonneur - with the CdF being such a versatile bike we wouldn't want to pigeonhole it too much. Have also added high-mount barrel eyelets (Nitto/VO spec) to give further front rack mounting options (the smaller rando style racks seem to be a popular option atm). Anything missed that you guys would like to be incorporated?
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Hello functional fans,
I was chatting with the chaps from Genesis bikes this weekend and for 2016 they will be dropping the god awful forks they currently have on the CdF and Croix de Fer and replacing it with a lugged fork. Which will look like this:
I did ask if they'd consider a fork more suited to front loading but they said that it would involve change the Geo too much.