Carbon Front fork with disk mount

I may be shot for posting this but with the arrival of the new Colnago C59 Disk i don't feel quite so bad posting.

I have an Orbea Onix which i love, but the brakes in the wet are poor at best, as on all road bikes. I've just seen the below on wiggle and wondered what people's thoughts were on swapping out the existing fork for one like this with a disk mount on, then putting on a front disk.....

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kinesis-cx-dc37-carbon-road-fork-disc-mount/

I've been dreading the day someone put a disk on a road bike, I just think it looks so wrong.

your head been in the sand for the last 12 months?

I realise it's been around for a bit just airing my (unimportant) views I guess

http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2014-Specialized-S-Works-Roubaix-SL4-Disc-brake-road-bike01-600x400.jpg

Or this:

Seriously though, any thoughts on that front fork ?

it's a cx fork. it'll be longer with more mud clearance. it might affect handling a bit. otherwise good value, I think.

I've been dreading the day someone put a disk on a road bike, I just think it looks so wrong.

or

http://www.colnago.com/wp-content/files_mf/cache/th_8ed9c1ce78866d059886ff20cf9118da_c59discmain281.jpg

nope, looks great to me, though whoever put white tyres on the one at the top should be shot asap

I've had a Honky Inc for a few years which has disc brakes. Definitely an improvement, and a lot less hassle adjusting them as well.

No carbon but i'm getting super ted to make a disc fork for my sled.

It's a thing yeah.

Dont forget you can get wound up in a disc mount.

They're out there, a lot tend to be tapered steerer designs but there are some straight steerer versions.

There is a thread on Weight Weenies about it, sadly they tend to be quite spendy still- I ended up going for an ENVE road-disc fork, which cost significantly more than my first car.

New option from Lynskey http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/lynskey-pro-disc-carbon-road-fork-2014/rp-prod115098 http://media.chainreactioncycles.com/s7viewers/html5/genericZoomMobile.html?config=ChainReactionCycles%2FZoom%5FHTML5%5FPDP&asset=ChainReactionCycles%2Fprod115098_Carbon_NE_01&locale=en&contentRoot=http://media.chainreactioncycles.com/skins/&serverUrl=http://media.chainreactioncycles.com/is/image/&zoomView.iconEffect=1

Still no carbon road fork with disk mounts, that will take a mudguard and more than a 23c tyre

http://www.hongfu-bikes.com/html_products/2013-Disc-brake-Road-Fork-288.html

wound up too
http://www.woundupcomposites.com/specs.html

^dont know enough about hongfu (anything in fact).
Wound Up road fork interesting... functionally perfect for what I want (28 mm tyre plus mudguard), but need to think on the aesthetics

The Wound-Ups will only just take a 28+guard.

Sam, who has tried this, runs 25's as the 28 is too much of a pain as the guard needs to be so perfectly adjusted at all times.

i know this is not disk but saw it on that hong fu link

Do Not Want.

The Wound-Ups will only just take a 28+guard.

Sam, who has tried this, runs 25's as the 28 is too much of a pain as the guard needs to be so perfectly adjusted at all times.

Good to know. Thanks. Tbh 25s will do the job. I'm not going to riding Paris Roubaix after all!

Still no carbon road fork with disk mounts, that will take a mudguard and more than a 23c tyre

These: http://www.kinesisbikes.co.uk/products/forks/cross/cxd

I use them with 28c Marathon Supremes on Velocity A23 and SKS Chromoplastic mudguards

The kinesis is a cross fork with mega clearance and 40 cm legs, no? Good option, but not what I'm after (wanting to replicate my road bike as closely as possible in a disk/mudguard guise).

you can always do what dammit did and epoxy mudguard mounds to enve (with help of ryan)

Looks really great, but alas tyre size more restricted. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh on Friday.

Enigma are now doing a full carbon disk fork which will take 28c tyres with a mudguard. http://www.enigmabikes.com/collections/accessories/products/enigma-c-six-disc-forks. Think this is the first full carbon offerng I've seen that isn't a cx fork

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