Wanted To Buy: Alpha Q CX, 1" steerer

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Permalink Reply by David whitlock on October 3, 2011 at 11:32am

That's a hard one!  All I could come up with was this-  and I don't think you're going to like the price:

http://www.bikepartsplace.com/discount/fork-cx-20/

 

or just give True Temper a call and see if they have anything collecting dust in their warehouse:

True Temper Sports
8275 Tournament Drive
Suite 200
Memphis, TN - 38125
(800) 355-TRUE (8783)

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Permalink Reply by J on October 4, 2011 at 5:47am

Yeah a difficult one for sure..

 

$729 for the fork from bikepartsplace is insane! I doubt it's correct anyway, I don't think the CX20 ever came with a 1' steerer.

I emailed True Temper, see what they come back with.

Thanks for the link.

 

Anyone else..?

 

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Permalink Reply by ZenNMotion on October 4, 2011 at 12:43pm

Don't do it.  I had one on my steel CX bike, and didn't care for it, anything you find will be an older model, and too flexy in 1 inch.  Get a nice steel one from someone like Igleheart or another builder, about 600-650 grams, rides great, very classy and no worries. BTW, there's a nice unpainted  1" steel Ritchey CX fork on fleabay now that would look great on the Litespeed for less than $80. I love mine, light and lots of clearance.

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Permalink Reply by J on October 7, 2011 at 5:59am

Too flexy? That's part of the problem I get with the original steel fork. Also, I have to run my Shorty Ultimates wide because the fork's are too narrow. Mud clearance is a problem as well, and I have to flatten the tyre each time I need to take it out, not a big deal but kida annoying.

Hadn't thought of a different steel fork? Was hoping to get something lighter as well. I'll check it out.

 

Got a response from TrueTemper, no 1inch CX's left over and CX20's defintiely only come in 1 1/8

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