New TRP Carbon Cyclocross Fork Spotted at Races

Written by Tyler Benedict Dec 24, 2014 7:14 p.m. ET

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If you make brakes, you know they’ve gotta end up on something. So, TRP decided to start making their own carbon forks to create a more tightly integrated system. We suspect that means ideal cable routing, but Road.cc has one in for a detailed first look and gave us a few tidbits to share with you.

They first spotted it at the Milton Keynes UCI cyclocross World Cup race, so it’s likely aimed more at the big clearance, off road racing crowd than the pavement pounders. Check out a few details below…

The obvious features are a tapered headtube, thru axle and internal cable routing. Since TRP only makes cable actuated units, the headaches of running a hydraulic hose through the left leg won’t be a factor if you’re matching labels. The entry and exit ports are pretty clean and very well placed in our opinion.

A few other key specs are 397mm axle to crown, 700x40c tire clearance and a claimed weight of 450g. Check out Road.cc’s hands-on coverage for plenty more pics and details. We’ve reached out to TRP and should hear back shortly after the holidays.

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Patrick

9 years ago

“TRP only makes cable actuated units”

Hylex is hydraulic. A product which has been mentioned on this site several times.

Talle

9 years ago

The fork is very good !!, but know that even the new Flat Mount Disk Brake standard ???

I buy only what with this new standard.

pilf

9 years ago

Also, running a hydraulic hose internally isn’t really a headache – it’s something that both major makers of hydraulic brake/shift levers accommodate easily (especially when it’s a simple tube, like this one appears to be.

The real question is whether or not TRP designed this thing to flex properly with the thru-axle, or if they just threw gobs and gobs or resin at it, like Q/Whisky did.

Chris

9 years ago

That would be true only if their intention was to let it flex the way you desire. If there dream of flex didn’t align with your’s ( which it almost won’t) then good luck finding a fork that flex’s the way you want it without making it yourself.

Dave B

9 years ago

I thought the major purpose of the thru-axle was to prevent flex. Considering it weighs only 450 grams, they couldn’t have thrown “gobs and gobs or (sic) resin at it….”.

craigsj

9 years ago

The goal of any carbon fiber construction is to minimize resin so it’s unlikely that any engineer EVER approached a problem by throwing “gobs and gobs or [sic] resin at it”. It sure would be interesting for pilf to provide some supporting evidence or to simply define “flex properly” in this context. Resin is not structural in a carbon composite so “adding gobs” doesn’t solve any flex issue.

The Whisky fork’s claimed weight is 475g and has clearance for a 45c tire. The ENVE is 460g, clearance for a 48c tire but no thru axle. Seems to me weights are pretty comparable for forks varying so drastically in their resin usage. 😉

K11

9 years ago

@Dave B./@Chris. i think what @pilf is refering to as far as a cx fork “flex”, it NOT so much torsionally, but slight front to back, to take the “edge” off. happy holidays ya’llll.

Roy

9 years ago

pilf is right, running hydro is not a headache for anyone that can read or watch a utube video. really don’t get what the big deal is, if one owns the stuff, learn how to properly trim the hose for your bike, bleed the air out of system and have a good looking good working brake system.