Custom Build: Help me choose a Road Disc fork

TAs probably work well, but I've not found any problems at all with disc brakes and QRs on different bikes; on the road, laden with panniers and a kid on the back, or on MTB.

What's the real-world clearance on the Whisky like? Can you get a 28mm in there with room to spare?

I'd like to run 28s on 25mm wide rims (like the Pacenti SL25s) and the Whisky website only makes mention of 28s on 23mm rims.

Would it be a terrible idea just to run a mudguard on the Whisky fork just from the eyelets to the rear of the crown, i.e. With out the front extension?

Anyone run a setup like that? I guess the headset would take a bit of a pummeling from the grimey water.

I'm thinking now of getting cx disc fork, so I could use cx tires at winter, because I would have only this one bike...
but this is not the nicest option, because of big gap between crown and tire (while using normal road tires) you mentioned in first post

Take a look at the Deda K32 road disc fork. Will take a 25mm with guards, has eyelets, good hose routing, and is tapered. 140mm rotors.

http://dedacciai.com/website/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=204&lang=en

Deda are also very quick when it comes to supplying technical drawings for builders, very useful for sorting the geometry out.

Got this thing finished by the way. Complete with modded Whiskey TA fork which now takes full guards:

sweet, who built the frame?

its a pretty similar spec to my commuto x bike, i hope you are running the tyres tubeless

It's a Shand. Columbus XCR.

And yup, I'm running tubeless. No punctures as all, even right through winter.

Very nice indeed, great to see it finally come together. Pic with the guards fitted?

Don't have one to hand... looks really nice though. The guards match the kind of dark grey/green fade.