My Easton carbon forks (pics added)

[Muzzlehatch]

HundredthIdiot said:

Muzzlehatch said:

The EC90SL is a very nice fork. Light, stiff and very good at absorbing road buzz. I've had the previous model (pre-2008 version), and I now have the current version, which is definitely a step up.

The lighter SLX is renowned to be rather floppy in comparison.

I have the latest SLX fork, beefed up over previous versions. It it not floppy. However, it is also 350g uncut (290g claimed on CRC, 325g on Easton site). 60mm of cut steerer weighs 16g. Very pretty though.

CRC obviously "forgot" to update the claimed weight.

I would be interested to know what the SL actually weighs.

That's good to hear.

My SL was 360g uncut, according to my kitchen scales.

[HundredthIdiot]

Muzzlehatch said:

That's good to hear.

My SL was 360g uncut, according to my kitchen scales.

10g for €75. Possibly the worst weight weenie investment ever!

[alant]

Just read this post after having the same problem, should have searched first.

The problem is that whilst the steering tube is the same size as standard the Giant bikes have a wider bearing seat at the bottom of the tube and therefore the centre hole of the Giant bearing is too wide for a standard set of forks.

If you have access to engineering tools it would be quite possible to make a seat up, which will fit over the standard forks, as I presume they have done in this case.