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Hmm those Tooseek forks don't look so bad, no mention of a2c though? Can't tell if they're more 29er mtb length than gravel/cross length, which is what I'm after.

As far as I'm aware a tapered steerer fork won't fit in a 1 1/8th headtube, even with an adapter? A straight 44mm headtube though, yes.

Go to carbon fork that covers the below?

1 1/8th
Post mount disc
QR
A2C around 390/400mm
Room for a 47c 650b

Struggling to find one that isn't tapered. Any links would be really appreciated.

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New stem arrived, 35° 90mm which should reduced reach by 19mm and increase stack by ~40mm. Feels much more comfortable even if it looks a bit ugly. Comfort is the name of the game for this bike though so stem slamming will have to be reserved for other rides. Need to wait for better weather to re-tape bars and get some decent photos, and hopefully I'll get into the frame builder next week to get an extra bottle boss sorted.

I worked for Deliveroo mainly, between Oct 2016 and Jan 2018, name's Jack.

Got out for a steady 50k's today. Lots and lots of messing with bar angle/stem height/saddle position/lever position and angle, to come to the conclusion that the stack is too low. Too much weight on my hands, so it's going to need either a fork with a longer steerer or (more likely) a quick fix highrise stem.

Also going to need an inline barrel adjuster for the gears, I'd forgotten that using a mtb mech and road shifters means no barrel adjusters. Running reasonably smooth without atm though.

Really happy with how it's riding though, smooth and stable.

Shifters and bars arrived this week, along with tape and a dirt cheap Brand-X stem to figure out a comfortable reach before going for something a bit nicer (actually not a bad stem at all for £7). Had just enough time to throw it all together this evening and go for a 5 minute spin. Poor quality photo and bar taping attached.

First time using flared drops, feels a bit weird, going to need some fiddling with the bar angle/lever position.

Ooooh yes, very nice! Giving me a desire to do something more interesting paint wise with my Wicked 650b (Capra predecessor).

It took a while of waiting until a suitable pair of forks came up from mine. Secured some shifters last night, hopefully be able to fit them and the bars over the weekend. Still unsure on the repaint colour too which is unhelpful.

After a set of Sora R3000 shifters (internally routed ones), not fussed on cosmetic condition, the cheaper the better ideally. Thanks!

An eBay special? I bought mine after seeing this thread on STW: https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/cheap-charge-plug-5-frames-on-ebay/
Chinese seems to be the best way of going carbon without too much expense, a few people on the above thread have used Genesis CdF or Kinesis carbon forks though.
It does ride really smoothly, very happy with it for the price.

Any thoughts on bar tape colour?

I've been considering it, perhaps a Surly Straggler or Thorn disc fork, or something carbon to drop some weight. Current fork is a cheap and fairly nasty Kaffenback one.

A bit of a thread to document changes to my Plug. It started off as a frame only purchase, new from eBay, of a Charge Plug (Tange Prestige version). Initially built up last summer with some heavy 700c wheels and a load of mismatched cheap, second hand and spares box parts, to be used as a work bike for courier-ing around Leeds. A switch to a different job in January of this year meant it could be re-purposed as a more all-round gravel, light touring, town bike.

Built up a set of 650b wheels (XT rear, re-branded SP dynamo front, Crest rims), whacked on some Horizons, fitted an 11-40t Sunrace 9 speed cassette with XT shifty bits and a 42t NW ring, then stripped off the guards and front rack once spring arrived.

In use now for longer road/bridleway/gravel rides when I'm not fancying mountain biking. Really enjoying the comfort of the fatter tyres as well as being pleasantly surprised by how well they roll along once up to speed. Working towards getting it ready to ride the Torino-Nice Rally at the start of September, which will entail:

1. Flared drops (ordered) and Sora R3000 shifters
   
2. Set up rear tyre tubeless (ran out of sealant)
   
3. More modern cranks (ideally Ultegra 6700/6600 or DA 7800)
   
4. Decide on a dynamo light/usb charger combo
   
5. Nicer post/clamp combo
   
6. Braze-ons (extra bolt cage boss lower on seat tube to move the bottle lower and allow more room for a frame bag/remove canti studs on fork/internal routing on fork for dynamo wires)
   
7. Powder coat/re-spray
   
   

Picture as it stands today.

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Great, thanks both. Think I'll go for Horizons purely on looks.

After some advice/knowledge if anyone can help. After a long while with a ruler I think I can squeeze some ~47mm 650b tyres into my Charge Plug 5 (the older steel one, with a Kaffenback fork).

The question is, which would be the tyre of choice, WTB Horizon (47mm) or Panaracer GravelKing (1.9"/48mm)? Weight/tubeless ability/tread look pretty much comparable, any difference in ride quality? They will be mounted tubeless on Crests if that makes any difference. Ta!