snipped:
>"...it would not surprise me if the design philosophy
>applied to the carbon fork did not take the overall
>frame into account."

to me, that's the icky part. forks are not accessories.
yeah - i know - it's 2004 and 1888958% of all bicycles
are supplied with forks that come from forks-r-us - but,
so what!! in essence, since this is a framebuilder list, is
there anyone with whom this issue resonates?
e-RICHIE