• I keep thinking about getting a disc fork for my steel-framed fixed gear, straight 1 1/8 head tube. The only options seems to be the Condor disc fork or the aliexpress £30-40 fork.

    Has anyone got/used the aliexpress one and have they died a fiery death? Am I stupid to even consider it?

  • I've been considering this too. We can hold hands in trying it as we did with the seatpost? :)

  • I have used this one.

    370mm/40mm, straight steerer

    The steerer diameter was slightly undersized and it started to move/make a noise in the headset. This ended in damage to the steerer (outer layer is crushed) and I stopped using it :)

    Otherwise finish is pretty cheap. Mine had 3mm extra space in the left side (103mm vs 100mm) which worked as a feature! respace hub for more equal flange distance.

    160mm rotor is very tight and only works with some hub setups (or tuning)

    So prepare for slightly random measurements.

    @bankiren reported one that snapped both fork legs....




    buy this fork instead:

    omnium short fork 370/38mm steel http://omniumcargo.dk/omnium-one-and-cxc/

    (but ask specifically for the short version.)

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