I once asked Sheldon Brown about replacing a fork on my Black Lightning and he was adamant,
Why replace a vey good steel fork for a plastic one. The frame was designed to be used with steel.
His exact wording. I followed his advice. Never regretted it. On another note, these cantilevered frames make exceptional time trial machines. I turned my Black Lightning into TT a machine and is brilliant. http://velospace.org/node/36621
I once asked Sheldon Brown about replacing a fork on my Black Lightning and he was adamant,
Why replace a vey good steel fork for a plastic one. The frame was designed to be used with steel.
His exact wording. I followed his advice. Never regretted it. On another note, these cantilevered frames make exceptional time trial machines. I turned my Black Lightning into TT a machine and is brilliant.
http://velospace.org/node/36621
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