2012 Specialized Crux Comp Carbon Fork

The FACT Carbon fork uses carbon legs and a tapered alloy full carbon steerer tube, but the hidden details are the forward facing dropouts (visible on Specialized’s website – sorry forgot to photo) and the uber-clean post-mount adapter(s).  A departure from traditional disc brake adapters, these are more of a super-thick washer combined with Avid’s own perfect mix of washers allowing ‘tri-align’ adjustment.  Thankfully the wheels are held on by ‘Shimano style cam’ QR levers rather than cool looking wimpy skewers.  Also worth noting, Specialized looks to have chosen post-mount 140 rather than PM160 like a mountain bike fork, meaning you can mount the caliper directly without ‘adapters’ and use a 140mm rotor.  I’m not sure I’m ready to experiment with a 140mm front rotor, but then again a handful of strong disc brakes will likely lock up the tire anyways, so maybe ’140mm power’ is all you need.

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