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I made some progress on the new forks. After looking at different crowns and with the increased a-c I realised there'll be space for 700c 40-odd mm tyres which is as big as I'll ever need on this kind of bike so I'll waive the notion of ever building up a 650b wheelset for it. That means no need for discs for wheel swapping possibilities.
Building a steel fork for discs means using sturdier tubing, associated weight penalties and unwanted extra stiffness. All of which I'd like to avoid so I'm going with canti mounts (thanks @Turkish for planting that seed).
Spec list is: super wide crown for clearance, Columbus straight blades, canti mounts with removable studs and stainless dropouts. Plus mounts for guards and probably some mid fork rack mounts.
Fork all brazed up (minus canti mounts). That's a 25mm tyre on 23mm rim
I'm thinking to go with a TRP cx9 mini v's...anyone got experience with these or suggestions otherwise?
Only thing left to deliberate now is weather or not to add canti mounts to the rear too....I think yes, with removable studs to keep it clean when not running a rear brake