Enigma Ti Audax fork
You bought the fork separately then ?
Was it terribly expensive ? When I spoke to them a couple of years ago they didn't want to make one and quoted an outrageous price...
The price with a bike was £110 more than the bike with standard carbon fork when I paid for mine, last summer. That was for the standard Ti fork. Mine was custom, because they'd cocked up the clearances & they needed a non-standard fork to make up the difference, but they waived the custom building charge (actually, I wonder how much difference it makes: I suspect all the Ti forks are built to order).
I don't know how much their carbon forks cost, but that doesn't sound as if they're outrageously expensive.
On the other hand, they may not be making any money on them, given their reluctance to make 'em. From what Jim Walker said, they had some difficulty getting the Taiwanese to make anything other than the standard frames. But that may have changed: his son's now making Ti frames, & perhaps he could also make forks.
Nice fork, though. I've heard various suggestions that Ti isn't ideal for forks, but these seem good. The bike goes just where I point it, & I don't suffer road buzz. Soak up bumps pretty well, too.
My fork was supplied separately, because of the aforementioned difficulties (I returned the surplus carbon fork), & I therefore had a good look at it. All Ti, including steerer. I got an LBS (AW Cycles, Caversham) to fit it, which they were perfectly happy to do. They appeared to consider it routine. I believe they use a pipe-cutter for such jobs, as Blah advises.
