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carbon fatbike fork upgrade?

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HI,

I have been looking to upgrade my fat to a carbon fork. It's a harder search than expected.
SO fat all i can find is mrp at price i find a bit expensive or the super cheap chinese.

now, anyone running the chinese ones with success?

what other alternative do i have?

thanks
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You could have a look at RSD bikes carbon fork. I think they are sold out at the moment. Also, Whisky and Enve
I had an ICAN, was a great fork. Have purchased many of their products without any failures to date!

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Wren carbon forks are on sale right now. I like them as that are one of the longer axle : crown so it's more like the front suspension is on there. They are in stock, I think.
I had an ICAN, was a great fork. Have purchased many of their products without any failures to date!

wow only 200$! That's a good price for a carbon fork
I put a Carver O'Beast on a 1st gen Mukluk in the past, shaved a ton of weight and it worked really well. Carver has several options, check them out.

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I just bought this
It looks great and although I don't have the frame for it yet, I put it in the stand and assembled all the parts that will eventually be used, wheel, brake w 20mm adapter to get 180 rotor, stem and bars and installed crown race. It all went together well and I have high confidence in the fork. If you get one it comes with the axle but not the compression plug. I just messaged Willo through facebook with questions and he was extremely responsive, like almost instantly. Anyway he's got the plugs for $17 and will send it with the fork if you remember to ask him.
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I had an ICAN, was a great fork. Have purchased many of their products without any failures to date!

I would second the Ican recommendation.
I have an Ican fork that works great so far. Very light too! I also just purchased the Wren fork, but I haven't installed it yet. Looks really great in the box!

I had great luck with this fork.
I just bought this
It looks great and although I don't have the frame for it yet, I put it in the stand and assembled all the parts that will eventually be used, wheel, brake w 20mm adapter to get 180 rotor, stem and bars and installed crown race. It all went together well and I have high confidence in the fork. If you get one it comes with the axle but not the compression plug. I just messaged Willo through facebook with questions and he was extremely responsive, like almost instantly. Anyway he's got the plugs for $17 and will send it with the fork if you remember to ask him.
Willo is a gem! I have that fork on my wife's growler. Super nice.
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Have you guy's found a higher axle to crown height than the 490mm standard?
the bike is a rocky mountain blizzard, the fork is about 530mm a-c
Have you guy's found a higher axle to crown height than the 490mm standard?
the bike is a rocky mountain blizzard, the fork is about 530mm a-c
YES! the Wren is 505. No-Nonsense Rigid Carbon Fatbike Fork
seem to be the highest from my research..i'm suprised there's nothing higher than that.
Dear lord, I have been putting off the math forever but couldn't resist today. That Otso or Ican fork would take about 3.25 pounds off my bike if it replaced my 100mm Mastodon Pro Standard. Why did I do the math? I am just going to pretend the Ican is out of stock too...
i'm suprised there's nothing higher than that.
They're all lower because they are accounting for sag.
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Cheap ebay Airwolf fork. I'm pleased with it.
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Have you guy's found a higher axle to crown height than the 490mm standard?
the bike is a rocky mountain blizzard, the fork is about 530mm a-c
Latest carbon Corvus fork is 505mm,was reluctant to put it on my 2020 as I had ordered the frame without any fork to run it with my Bluto and then later ordered the carbon rigid fork just to try it out. When I received it it was a lot longer than the fork originally specified for my frame. Talked to Scott on the phone and he encouraged me to try it,he guaranteed I would like it and sure enough, the Corvus handles much,much better than it did with the Bluto set to 100mm travel. I really think it even descends better with the rigid!
Thanks for the thread. I am looking at replacing the Mastodon on my '19 Farley 7 also.
I have the new Corvus fork. Seems to work pretty well, no complaints.
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