Non-retro ti forks?

[CTK]

There are quite a few full carbon road forks about with 1" or straight 1 1/8th steerers about. If you are looking for a 1" 700c fork with canti studs then you are right you'd be lucky to find one let alone a good one.

Those Ti forks look nice and the price is good. They are quite a bit lighter than steel. I'm sure a few people on the forum have bought Ti forks from China and been happy but as above I'd be more worried about these cracking than a carbon fork.

 

[M_Chavez]

Thanks James.

Ironically, I've been riding a Chinese-built ti frame with cf fork this summer.
Ride quality is out of this world. Not sure about durability - I have an old steel frameset lined up to eventually replace the ti+cf.
But I do see a lot of cracked ti frames indeed. None of them instant major failures - usually it's hairline cracks with plenty of warning of the upcoming failure.

I do suspect that the future (give it 20 years?) might be titanium.