control with a taperd fork

[BaGearA]

Hi guys i wold like to know what your thoughts are on the following?

 

I have the opportunity to fit a much beter fork to my bike but its not going to be taperd shock,i do have the adaptors and everything to get it to fit my headset,but i am a little woried about how much control I am going to lose?

 

Its going to be a Thru-axle shock and my old one was Qr(is the control issue just goona even out?)

 

(Old Fork=Taper + QR)

(New Fork=Strait + Thru-axle)

 

Ideas,recommendation and thoughts are appreciated!!

[Pulse]

The new fork setup should have more stiffness.

The thru-axle will play more of a role than the tapered headset.

[braailegend]

Haha... you wont lose anything, infact you'll gain some stiffness with through axle. I've ran normal forks on tapered and oversize head tubes, there is no difference

[Spoke101]

Make the change. You probably wont even notice the difference.

[CAAD4]

Except if you have a QR bike rack. Expensive change all around, for just sommer. If not, shop till you drop.

[PhilipV]

Naaah, you won't loose much stiffness, and the through axle will probably make up for it.

There is or flex in the fork legs than at the crown.

However , please ensure that your hub can be converted to a through-axle, as you cannot simply put a qr wheel in a TA fork. That might cost you some more money.

Edited August 31, 2014 by PhilipV

[droo]

Forget the steerer, what's the old fork and what's the new one? That'll make it far easier to give a useful opinion.

[shaper]

Do it if the fork is a good upgrade, you won't notice any difference.

 

I run a reba race in my DS bike which is a straight steerer in a tapered headset, no issue at all.

 

As others say, going TA will add stiffness over your current QR setup.