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Well, in my experience, the Enve tapered fork is a very stiff, unforgiving fork. Even the 1 1/8th Enve is pretty unforgiving. Neither of them have much small bump compliance. They're both nice riding forks on perfect tarmac, but IMO curved blade forks, be them steel or carbon, are just much nicer to ride on the whole. A curved blade carbon fork is still stiff, but not overly so and they definitely do offer much better small bump compliance. I went from an Enve > custom steel fork > Pegoretti Falz on my Seven and the Falz just matches the ride qualities of a Ti frame much better for me. The frameset felt much more 'whole' with the Falz than it ever did with the Enve. The front and rear end of the bike rode very differently to one another and felt quite disconnected.
With that said, your Seven is a big beefy fast looking bike, mine is much smaller in stature, with smaller tubes and a 1 1/8th headtube, so that could have as much to do with my feelings as anything else.
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whilst it on topic - what were your thoughts on the steel fork and their merits? still need to get mine sorted
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But Mr Ferrari and Mr Colnago had lunch and found that straight forks are better.
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Interesting, many thanks (and think there may be something in what you say about steerer and head tube probably playing a factor, let alone bar, stem and wheel stiffness. And then there’s tyre pressure…..)
mattyc
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Interesting re forks but why?