Actually IRD does make a carbon fork to fit a 32c tire. the Mosaic 57 http://www.interlocracing.com/forks.html
Of course these are the crazy folks who created super solid 5-6 and speed FREEWHEELS! On Apr 15, 7:33 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why do you suppose crabon forks are designed with such tight clearances? It > seems like they could build them w/ clearance for 28mm tires pretty easily > but choose not to. > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Bill M. <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Why do you assume that everyone around him tried to convince him to > > use carbon? Or that it was a matter of not trusting a carbon fork? > > Plenty of carbon forks survived the cobbles just fine. I suspect he > > wanted to use a fatter tire than would fit in any of the carbon forks > > that the team had handy, so they used what was available to do the > > job. > > > Bill > > > On Apr 15, 9:55 am, cm <chrispmur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I think what is amazing about the lugged steel fork used in PR is that > > > he is professional cyclist with access to any fork he wants and he > > > elected to use steel? I think that is scary for two reasons, first b/c > > > it makes it seem like he doesnt trust the carbon fork for even one > > > race (i am sure he could have a new one for the next race), and > > > second, the cobbles at PR prob represent a more accurate picture of > > > what the non-racer experiences over a bikes lifetime. > > > > I find it shocking that the team mechanics, sponsors, and other riders > > > couldn't/ didn't convince him to use carbon. That may be the weirdest > > > part. > > > > Cheers! > > > cm > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > scientist guy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
