Horquilla rígida en mi MOUNTAIN BIKE... Ventajas e inconvenientes | Columbus Futura Adventure Fork

Columbus Futura Adventure 52:05Well, yes, friends, this Columbus fork has dimensions of 470mm from the axle to the lower headset bearing race, a 300mm head tube, and a weight of 680 grams with the tube uncut and with the 15mm thru axle, which by the way is Boost and comes included with the fork. It offers clearance of up to 3" on a 29" wheel, which gives me the ability to mount both 29" and 27.5" wheels. In fact, as a curiosity, I already used this same fork last summer on the Cinelli Hobootleg Geo with which I did the Basajaun and I loved it. I mounted my 27.5” wheels with carbon rims and 2.8” tires and I really enjoyed it, because it is not only comfortable but it offers a great load capacity and that allowed me to give a more adventurous and less XC touch to my Niner SIR 9. I like that it comes prepared for internal dynamo hub wiring, which, by the way, I don't have now, but I will probably end up mounting on 29” wheels soon. It has three eyelets on each leg to mount small bags and a load capacity of up to 3 kilos on each side, which is perfect for outings where it is convenient to go more loaded. The head tube is tapered from 1-1/8” - 1-1/2” and that allows brutal control and rigidity in the steering that is perceived in a contrasting way, especially under hard braking without any type of vibration, which is greatly helped by the 110 mm of the Boost axle providing great stability. It allows the use of discs up to 180 mm with post mount insert, it comes In an elegant black finish with Columbus decals on the dropouts and in the head tube area, it includes an interesting expander on the side of which there is a groove or channel for directing the hub cable to the stem cover. Advantages of a rigid fork 03:24 Well, the advantages I see when considering this change are fundamentally: - Obviously less weight, since I go from using a Rock Shox Pike fork that weighs 1880 grams on the scale. That is, in my case I lighten the bike by 1 kilo and 200 grams and that will surely be noticeable in terms of dynamic effects. - Less maintenance or no maintenance, except for maintaining the headset bearing from time to time by cleaning and greasing it. And this also translates into less investment in the workshop, since from time to time a fork requires us to change seals and oil as well as check pressures. - As an indirect consequence, we also have less mechanical simplicity and, therefore, greater reliability regarding possible usage failures. - Load capacity in a An area that's good for long trips or in areas where we face sudden climate changes. Up to 3 kilos can be carried on each leg, as I mentioned earlier, in typical bikepacking bags for this area. Internal cabling for the dynamo hub, which is very useful if you're going to use it for pedaling at night or to charge devices or a specific power bank. It maintains rigid MTB geometry with its 470 mm length from the axle to the bottom of the steering track and also maintains fixed geometry in the steering head when pedaling. A bike with a suspension fork, when compressing, makes the steering angle more vertical, and this makes it so that, at times, the bike can feel more nervous and with a tendency to throw us over the handlebars, especially on large step-like steps where the bike forces us to shift the center of gravity towards the rear wheel and where the fork tends to compress as much as possible, verticalizing our steering angle. It's also interesting that it offers greater clearance in the wheel arch, which we can play with. with 29” wheels up to 3” wide... A real success to even have free space in case of situations with mud or snow. Disadvantages rigid fork 06:01 Well, as for the disadvantages that I find when considering this change they would be fundamentally: -On the economic side you have to invest in a new fork and that always hurts. In the case of this Futura Adventure, it would be somewhat cheaper than what my Pike cost me which was around €700 5-6 years ago because this fork has an approximate price of about €650, well that's the price I saw on the Internet to give you an idea. -And then another disadvantage is that you lose comfort in the front end and some grip and filtration in the front end. In my case, to make up for this lack despite the fact that it is a very comfortable fork, what I have done is mount my Vecnum FreeQnce suspension stem that I have used on many of my gravel bikes and that I think that due to its performance and aesthetics it will definitely remain on this bike as an ideal companion. This rigid carbon fork. BIKEPACKER.ES website channel GRAVEL, BIKEPACKING, CYCLING TOURING, ADVENTURE BIKE, MOUNTAIN BIKE, CYCLING Buy the BIKEPACKING MANUAL: https://amzn.to/366x6HI