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Fyxation introduces thru axle, flat mount disc brake Sparta All Road carbon fork

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As Fyxation continues to expand their product line, more and more of their parts no longer fit the “fixie” mold. That’s great news for anyone looking for budget minded parts that still have a lot of features. Parts like their new Sparta All Road carbon fork. Inspired by the Elroy Sparta Trail in Wisconsin, the fork has clearance for a 42mm tire and could be a great addition to your fat tire road bike – especially if you’re still running a straight 1 1/8″ steerer…

Currently, the All Road fork is only offered in a straight 1 1/8″ aluminum steerer, but a 1.5″ tapered steerer is on the way. Vital numbers include a 400mm axle to crown, 45mm rake, and a 12 x 100mm thru axle dropout with an included quick release thru axle. The weight is on the heavy side at 747g, but that’s understandable once you realize this fork sells for just $299. It’s also still quite a bit lighter than a lot of the aluminum or steel forks on a number of adventure road bikes. While the Sparta is flat mount brake compatible,  it’s still compatible with standard disc calipers with the correct adapter.

Equipped with rack and fender mounts, the fork also includes braze ons for cage mounts including the Blackburn Outpost Cargo cages, on the side of the legs. Compatible with 700c or 650b road plus set ups, the forks are available now.

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Andrew
Andrew
7 years ago

Straight or tapered steerer?

Shanghaied
Shanghaied
7 years ago
Reply to  Andrew

straight, but tapered on the way

keville
keville
7 years ago

Are “all-road” forks really running 395+mm ATC? 42mm clearance indicates cross-style fork geometry…

Anonymous
Anonymous
7 years ago

What’s with all these cross forks being rebranded as road disc forks?

There’s absolutely nothing exciting or niche filling about a 1 1/8″ cross fork. The niche that hasn’t been filled is the actual straight steerer road disc road fork with ~370mm ATC.

erik
erik
7 years ago
Reply to  Anonymous

it is branded as all road…

oli
oli
7 years ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Cross forks normally come with cage mounts?

veganpotter@mail.com
veganpotter@mail.com
7 years ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Within 2mm, those exist

Smokestack
Smokestack
7 years ago
Reply to  Anonymous

I’d disagree with you there. For those of us that have older cross bikes that are used more for commutes, tours, and good times, this fork opens up an avenue to shed a bit of weight while keeping or increasing the capability of the bike. Go ahead and dig up who else makes a 1.125″ straight steerer, thru axle, disc carbon fork with this kind of carrying capacity. This makes great sense for a lot of current bikes out now too. See: Straggler, Macho Man Disc, Double Cross, Ruben. Might be sacrilege to run a carbon fork on a Surly, but I can see people doing it.

Casey
Casey
7 years ago
Reply to  Smokestack

I agree. It’s a small niche, but as Macho Man disc owner, I’m intrigued. It would lighten things up a bit and I wouldn’t mind a thru-axle on the front.

Champs
Champs
7 years ago
Reply to  Anonymous

As the owner of previous-decade road and touring bikes, I feel some of what you are saying, but they’re different. It’s a huge upgrade and quite often small retrofit for lots of roughed-up touring/CX bikes to take discs instead of cantis. Not so much with calipers.

Save your upgrade money for a new bike. That’s what you really want.

Andrew
Andrew
7 years ago

Hmmmm This would be awesome on my Twin Six Rando…..

Oli
Oli
7 years ago

Carbon fork, straight steerer, cage mounts. That’s unique.

mudrock
mudrock
7 years ago

That would be an expensive upgrade for someone with an older frame. Would also require a new wheel (or rebuilding old one w/TA hub), as old wheels didn’t come with swappable end caps, except for Stans.

Volsung
Volsung
7 years ago

What was the reasoning behind the aluminum steerer? Its like an extra 300g.

nielubieto'em all
6 years ago
Reply to  Volsung

Probably keeping the costs down, I bet it’s aimed mostly for all-steel cx/gravel/commuting bikes, they’re not trying to out-Enve no one here.

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