Carbon Fork Replacement.

TombstoneT

I have a REAL DESIGN Signature HP fork on my MERLIN Magia Titanium bike since 2006. I have always found it a little "FLEXY" but never had anything to compare it to. I did some research to find that the general view from RD owners is

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'Forks too flexy and sometimes scary on fast descents'. I have been looking for a while for an an excuse (and euros)to replace mine. I never crashed it, but recently I got a blow out on my front wheel on a turn which caused me to fall heavily on the front end of the bike twisting my shifters and brake calipers. There is no visible fork damage but as we all know, that is no proof. Maybe it's perfect, I don't know but I'm not going to waste money on a fork x-ray. --- Have I found my excuse to replace? To be truthful I am actually a bit nervous about using it.
The fork rake is listed as 45mm but 43mm seems to be more common.
Would 2mm make much/any difference?
Any suggestions as to what to replace the fork with without breaking the bank (or more ribs)?

Eamonnator

https://www.discobrakes.com/?s=0&t=2&c=75&p=807&type=CarbonCycles%20Shop&&tb=001&m=1&

These are light and reasonably priced, rake is 42mm.

saccades

PlanetX have loads of forks that are decent and cheap.

TombstoneT

Hi Eamon, Thanks for that. I had a look but out of stock. Available from USA. They look good and well priced. Not sure about the 3mm difference in rake though, how it might affect handling.Will do more research first.
Regards,
T.T.

TombstoneT

Hi Saccades,
Thanks and will check out.
Regards
T.T.