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Thanks for the info @velocio - at least someone gets me!
Your sentiments are exactly why I’m doing this.
Have you considered a custom carbon fork? Mike Lopez in San Diego, who designed all of the serotta forks while at Reynolds I believe, can make you a custom tuned carbon fork.
Out of interest, why didn’t you go for a Seven fork? I can’t remember if you mentioned this way back when.
JB
@Velocio
Changing the forks is cool, it's your bike :)
My favourite forks (that I've ridden on my bikes):
1) Serotta F3 (chosen for my weight and handling... had a decent rake so it wasn't too twitchy nor too relaxed. The F3 came in a few variations of rake, etc)
2) Thorn Audax steel forks. Kinda crappy for city riding, but really relaxed rake made them really comfy and stable on long rides, and they seemed to amplify the road noise in a non-harsh way whilst also being way more stable - which sounds counter-intuitive but increased the confidence in them.
3) Robin Mather steel forks. These fall somewhere between the Serotta and Thorn forks... balancing compliance, control, comfort. They're insanely nice, and they're disc brake and still feel that nice. Yet I wouldn't put them #1 as a generalist fork doesn't shine as brightly on any specific thing... for an all-rounder, damn, they're good.
Not on that list is the Enve gravel fork currently on my Seven. It doesn't share the same feel as the rest of the bike, and my Seven replaced a crash damaged Serotta... the Seven beats the Serotta on all fronts except for the fork. The Enve is good, and I'm not going to replace it as in my latter builds I'm choosing commodity components to hang on a custom frame rather than going crazy custom again (which I did on the Robin Mather, down to racks, stem, and the dropouts!). The Enve is as good as it gets if you're buying stock components, but yup... if you have the inclination, time and funds, and have located someone skilled enough to translate your requirements into the finished article... definitely do it - which it appears you are :D