Replacing forks on 2015 specialized langster for disc fork.

As suggested in my radial front wheel thread, I'm wondering how feasible it is to replace the forks on my 2015 Specialized Langster for some disc forks (all coz I'm wearing the rim out already at 500 miles - it's hilly where I love and I'm fookin heavy at the moment).

I've no idea what to look for tbh, after reading some threads on here about forks it's obvious it's not straight forward......and easy to get the wrong ones.

Or would it just be easier to get some ceramic / ceramic impregnated rims?

Anyone?

What size Langster do you have? I'd be interested on buying your stock forks i have recently crashed my 2015 Langster.

Hi dude,

I've not even seriously thought about it yet and I'm in no rush, just musing for the future really.

you would need a road disc fork with roughly 370mm axle to crown lenght and non tapered steerer.
its very unlikely you will be able to buy one.you can buy cross/trekking fork which is a bit longer and will throw off the handling characteristics of your bike.all in all not worth it.get a rim with thicker braking surface, softer brake pads and clean your pads/rim more often.

buy a wound up ;)

You should check my Current Projects thread - I 'upgraded' my Titanium hack with a disc front end.

The thing you need to focus on is your current axle-to-crown measurement. On a road bike, it should be around 370mm. Once you have measured it and you know the diameter of you steerer, you can start looking for disc forks to match both A-to-C and steerer dia.

At the time for my project, the hardest part was to find forks with an axle-to-crown measurement smaller than 390mm as most disc forks were made for MTB and had at least 420mm A-to-C which would have skewed the bike geometry (ie the front end of the bike would have been raised).

However, there are loads on AliExpress now and it is straightforward to find disc forks which would fit a road bike.

700c disc forks here at £36:

aliexpress.com/item/NEW-ARRIV­AL-carbon-road-bicycle-carbon-fiber-fron­t-fork-can-install-v-brake-disc-brake-70­0c/32259239108.html

aliexpress.com/item/new-style­-carbon-fiber-road-bike-fork-fit-V-brake­-disc-brake-3k-matte-gloss-finish/322779­29254.html