Winwood's Current Carbon Cross Fork.
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Light, stiff and comfortable, all of these things describe Winwood's Carbon Muddy Cross fork. Add some extra tire clearance, lower the brake studs, and set the geometry for a suspension corrected frame and you have yourself the
ultimate rigid mountain fork.
A recent conversation with the folks at Winwood confirmed they are working on a carbon, rigid mountain fork to be released in 2005. We have been told that the fork will resemble the current Muddy Cross fork with swept bladed legs, aluminum steerer and
dropouts.
Will the carbon mountain fork provide a noticeable performance gain over the standard issue steel forks currently available? The Euro's still love light stiff mountain bikes and Carbon Rigid forks are not new to their market. Companies like Pace and Ridley
offer highend carbon forks for the European market. In the US where it seems that bigger (more travel) is better, taking a step back and mass producing a high end rigid fork may be risk. Winwood seems to feel that the market is viable. With single-speeders, 29er's and the retro market growing they
are sure to have some initial sales to get them off the ground. We'll take 3 for immediate delivery!
No word on the models that will be available. We can not comment on the availability of disc or 29er versions.
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