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Mine isn’t cheap at all but can say resisted a lot of shaaait during the last 2 long-trips.
Internal routing for everything, mudguards and side holes for cages.
I have very abused of it.Ah, it’s a Rodeo spork 1.2 and had since 2019 (so was less shitty brexit and pandemic times then)
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I was in contact with Rodeo Labs back in 2018, trying to get hold of one of those forks. I never ended up with one (something like the EU distributors didn't have any and it would take too long to get one from the US) and then the project moved on to something else anyway. I did like them. I wonder what they cost to import to the PooK now.
Bear in mind I'm riding a used £700 RRP frameset, so putting £400 fork on it ain't gonna happen.
Had a look at the email - distributor was in Italy.
With the size of our new tent I might end up with a rack/pannier setup anyway.
hippy
Yeah, I'd posted the newer Kinesis fork but not looked at any others.
Never heard of Ragley. I was about to question the strength of the mounts but this review said they're not just rivnuts:
"I was looking for a bikepacking fork with dynamo routing for my Tripster and couldn't find a fork with all the features it has at a reasonable price. This is the one you want if you want a robust fork that accommodates big carry load and big tyres. The inserts to put anything cages are embedded threaded inserts in the carbon which is very strong comparing to rivnuts.
For max tyres width I run 45mm and there is still plenty of space left. Another reviewer says his fork has a rattling piece of carbon but I don't have any in mine."
£200 cheaper than the Kinesis option and based on the review I presume they'd fit. I wonder if they're much different handling-wise. They look very similar to the grrl's Spesh forks.
I think @cjr had Carbonda fork and his nuts fell off. Keen to avoid that. :)
Cempa is more than the Kinesis fork and not available.