Cracked the steerer today on my 2017 diamondback haanjo trail. On the upside ill get to make a pretty sweet pizza cutter. Looking for recommendations on aftermarket forks others have used to upgrade / replace (specs below).
12x100mm through axle
Tapered steerer
Disc brake (flat mount)
Would prefer mounts for bags, fenders, etc
by _alch3mist_1
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Rattling teeth on a gravel bike is seriously overrated.
Bummer about your fork.
Ritchey makes good forks. [https://ritcheylogic.com/bike/forks?srsltid=AfmBOopPOieElpObqKCwE4OFuKn7ihCYbhs_kBHuVyBuuKDLdqTcyTLa](https://ritcheylogic.com/bike/forks?srsltid=AfmBOopPOieElpObqKCwE4OFuKn7ihCYbhs_kBHuVyBuuKDLdqTcyTLa)
Whisky is popular. [https://whiskyparts.co/forks](https://whiskyparts.co/forks)
Soma has some budget options. [https://www.somafab.com/parts/forks](https://www.somafab.com/parts/forks)
Modern Bike has a large collection . [https://www.modernbike.com/700c-forks](https://www.modernbike.com/700c-forks)
Oof. Glad you didn’t suffer further. Just make sure any new fork you choose will meet the planned stack height you prefer. Many have a max steer tube length above the top race.
Look at Lauf forks. You won’t be under-biking any longer.
Get a new bike. A good fork is upward of $600, and you’re putting it on a an 8 year old bike.
Under-biking+carbon=sorrow. Under-biking+steel=“just bend it back”
Check the state monster fork. I think it could fit you and it’s around $250 I think
Were you running the stem that low and a bunch of spacers above it? The compression plug only goes down a bit over an inch, so if you drop the stem without cutting the steerer tube, you stress the heck out of it, unsupported. It looks like the plug was entirely above the stem clamp. That’s how things like this happen.
When you get your new fork, make sure to cut the steerer so the compression plug supports the stem.
Edit: spelling
Right tool for the job. Especially when dental work is at risk.
Looks like you clamped the stem underneath the expansion plug?
Cane creek has a tradein promo going
https://www.canecreek.com/pages/flip-your-fork
We didn’t say “go under biking with a chonker of a steering tube where the compression plug can’t do what it’s designed to do”
rip any gravel rides to end the semester.
well there;s suntour’s gravel suspension .
You did the boo boo, clamped the stem bellow the compression plug