Who notices these things anyway? Oh wait, you do.elviento said:That' looks like a Flash fork to me. What's wrong with the Star or Force???
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Good spot on the alloy steerer through the stem.elviento said:Well, I came across the picture and noticed the steerer exposed in the cut out part of the stem is alloy. Then it's only natrual to notice the crown is that of a Flash.
Colnago's higher end forks such as the Star are certainly not among the lightest forks, yet are sold at $800 (I have seen it priced at $1100 once). Now the fact that Ale Jet is not using the star just makes you wonder WTF. I have a Nag and don't mean to bash, but things don't add up here.
Unlike aluminum, there is no documented quantifiable data to see Young's modulus, yield and tensile strengths for "carbon fiber." It's (CF) strength is determined by many variable such as lay-up and voids. However, even a half-ass composite shop can make tube sets a good deal tougher in say, torsional strength than aluminum.magnolialover said:Since it is an alloy steerer, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it is stiffer, and does track better being an alloy steerer.
Come on now. . Katz was just passing out some life learned lessons and book knowledge. I'm not "stirring the pot" as usual.WampaOne said:oh no you didnt
MangoliaLover, you gonna let KATZRKOL bust on your engineering cred like that? I thought you knew about that sort of stuff, dont you design drive shafts or some other type of shaft?