Undrilled carbon fork - London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

Kelvin · 15th August 2008

my pinarello frame has just arrived, the selling included what seemed to be an undrilled vela carbon fork.

I don't fancy going brakeless so thought I was going to have to swap the forks out. However having looked at the fork it seems to be drilled on the inside it's flat on the front so provided i could drill would seem to work but the back seems too aero to work with a brake, There seems to be a small carbon patch over the back too..

So should i/could i drill? thanks guys

RPM · 15th August 2008

close-up pictures might help, but it sounds promising

Kelvin · 15th August 2008

can't really get any pictures of up the stearer tube but it def seems to be a touched up road fork, just the back that bothers me.

not sure they will help

dogsballs · 15th August 2008

by another set of forks. hard to find undrilled track forks.

Kelvin · 15th August 2008

now that is another option, how much should a reasonable set of carbon road forks off the bay cost

31t®um · 15th August 2008

that doesn't look like a carbon fork, if it is or isn't don't go drilling it. get a replacement and save that one.

Kelvin · 15th August 2008

its def carbon, the camera phone pictures aren't really showing up the shape or texture... consensus isn't drill then?

furious tiles · 15th August 2008

Many cheaper carbon forks have alloy drop outs and crown. I think your fork is one of these and it has had a carbon layer on top of a generic road fork crown.

However if your forks have very, very tight clearances I'm wrong.

fatboyralph · 12th September 2008

fuji frameset arrived. overall, very happy with it despite the dent on the top tube being a bit bigger than i'd want it to be, but what im not happy with is that the forks arent drilled. and i dont ride brakeless.

can this be drilled? legs are carbon, but the crown looks alloy. what do you think? or should i just swap it for a drilled one?

spagettihoops · 12th September 2008

i just saw these go on ebay for $120 dollars... pretty damn cheap.
i had my eye on them, but i can't really justify a new set of forks at the moment.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=220277812481

gklau · 13th September 2008

I had to swap out the fuji forks. LBS tried to drill it, but splinted as the crown is carbon. Save yourself the hassle and just swap it!

15th August 2008	#1
Kelvin	Undrilled carbon fork my pinarello frame has just arrived, the selling included what seemed to be an undrilled vela carbon fork. I don't fancy going brakeless so thought I was going to have to swap the forks out. However having looked at the fork it seems to be drilled on the inside it's flat on the front so provided i could drill would seem to work but the back seems too aero to work with a brake, There seems to be a small carbon patch over the back too.. So should i/could i drill? thanks guys
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12th September 2008	#9
fatboyralph	fuji frameset arrived. overall, very happy with it despite the dent on the top tube being a bit bigger than i'd want it to be, but what im not happy with is that the forks arent drilled. and i dont ride brakeless. can this be drilled? legs are carbon, but the crown looks alloy. what do you think? or should i just swap it for a drilled one? Attached Thumbnails
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15th August 2008	#4
dogsballs	by another set of forks. hard to find undrilled track forks.
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15th August 2008	#6
31t®um	that doesn't look like a carbon fork, if it is or isn't don't go drilling it. get a replacement and save that one.
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15th August 2008	#8
furious tiles	Many cheaper carbon forks have alloy drop outs and crown. I think your fork is one of these and it has had a carbon layer on top of a generic road fork crown. However if your forks have very, very tight clearances I'm wrong.
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12th September 2008	#10
spagettihoops	i just saw these go on ebay for $120 dollars... pretty damn cheap. i had my eye on them, but i can't really justify a new set of forks at the moment. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=220277812481
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13th September 2008	#11
gklau	I had to swap out the fuji forks. LBS tried to drill it, but splinted as the crown is carbon. Save yourself the hassle and just swap it!
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