I didn’t get into in my piece, but the reason I ordered my first fork from Walt is that I had a previous suspension-corrected rigid fork snap rolling through a steep 90* turn on Pipeline. It was scary af and it was a looooooong walk home with my bike over my shoulder and my front wheel in my other hand.
Walt had made hundreds of them but also is the quality of person who will politely, but clearly, tell you if something won’t work or is otherwise not optimum so I had infinite confidence that my rigid fork was Shore worthy.
I haven’t ridden the ENVE but I have had a few carbon forks and for what it’s worth, if there’s any negative to steel it’s only weight. Make sure it get enough room for a 29+ setup! Makes rigid fun.
May 11, 2020, 8:15 a.m. - Andrew Major
I didn’t get into in my piece, but the reason I ordered my first fork from Walt is that I had a previous suspension-corrected rigid fork snap rolling through a steep 90* turn on Pipeline. It was scary af and it was a looooooong walk home with my bike over my shoulder and my front wheel in my other hand. Walt had made hundreds of them but also is the quality of person who will politely, but clearly, tell you if something won’t work or is otherwise not optimum so I had infinite confidence that my rigid fork was Shore worthy. I haven’t ridden the ENVE but I have had a few carbon forks and for what it’s worth, if there’s any negative to steel it’s only weight. Make sure it get enough room for a 29+ setup! Makes rigid fun.