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Hi all after a bit of a off which cracked my carbon bars I'm thinking about maybe changing the forks as well!
I've got a condor tempo and I'm not sure if I should get steel fork???
The obvious choice would be condor pioggia steel https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0858/ ... 1562091739
But I can't stop looking at thorn 853c forks https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/thorn-repla ... s-current/
There a couple of hundred grams between them in weight which isn't a problem but will the thorn ride that much better??
Any help would be excellent does anyone have either??
Cheers
Scott

The Pioggias seem to be designed to take low rider pannier rack, which suggests a heavier build that could be harsher than you are looking for.

I have the Thorn 853c forks on my Spa Audax. They're a good looking (I don't like the look of the unicrown used on the Condor's), well made, lightweight fork, but they do not offer any miraculous improvements in ride quality - the original Spa carbon/alloy forks were more compliant.

iow wrote:I have the Thorn 853c forks on my Spa Audax. They're a good looking (I don't like the look of the unicrown used on the Condor's), well made, lightweight fork, but they do not offer any miraculous improvements in ride quality - the original Spa carbon/alloy forks were more compliant.

And Spa's carbon / alloy offerings are only about £100 if i remember rightly. You do of course need to make sure the geometry is suitable for your frame. Right distance from fork drop-outs to crown, right (what is the word that is escaping me?) distance forward of the drop-out from where it would be if the fork and its steerer were in a perfectly straight line. They vary. (Edit: OFFSET is the word I was looking for.)