Ritchey WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork Fork
What the checker says164will not fit24check before you buy148worth knowing
Run variant by variant through the gravel bike builder’s own engine. Every sentence below is the checker’s, unedited. Nothing here says this part fits your bike; it says what it does and does not fit among the parts we hold.
Checked against 850 verified gravel bike parts in this catalog. 653 produced no finding of any kind; that is WCS Carbon Tapered All-Road Cross Fork. WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork clears 633. Each variant produces 62 to 102 distinct errors and 10 to 14 distinct warnings.
Will not fit
- Will not fiterror · Front TireWheel size mismatch: Ritchey WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork is a 700c fork but the build is 650b. On 30 of the 142 verified tires in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Will not fiterror · Front TireWheel size mismatch: Ritchey WCS Carbon Tapered All-Road Cross Fork is a 700c fork but the build is 650b. On 30 of the 142 verified tires in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Will not fiterror · Rear TireWheel size mismatch: Ritchey WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork is a 700c fork but the build is 650b. On 30 of the 142 verified tires in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Will not fiterror · Rear TireWheel size mismatch: Ritchey WCS Carbon Tapered All-Road Cross Fork is a 700c fork but the build is 650b. On 30 of the 142 verified tires in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Will not fiterror · Rear WheelWheel size mismatch: Ritchey WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork is a 700c fork but the build is 650b. On 12 of the 71 verified rear wheels in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Will not fiterror · Rear WheelWheel size mismatch: Ritchey WCS Carbon Tapered All-Road Cross Fork is a 700c fork but the build is 650b. On 12 of the 71 verified rear wheels in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Will not fiterror · Front WheelWheel size mismatch: Ritchey WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork is a 700c fork but the build is 650b. On 9 of the 58 verified front wheels in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Will not fiterror · Front WheelWheel size mismatch: Ritchey WCS Carbon Tapered All-Road Cross Fork is a 700c fork but the build is 650b. On 9 of the 58 verified front wheels in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
Rg steerer, Frame. 83 more findings from the same check, on up to 1 of the 74 verified frames each.
Rg headset steerer, Headset. 45 more findings from the same check, on up to 2 of the 27 verified headsets each.
Rg brake mount, Front Caliper. 22 more findings from the same check, on up to 1 of the 27 verified calipers each.
Rg front axle, Front Wheel. 2 more findings from the same check, on up to 1 of the 58 verified front wheels each.
Rg stem steerer, One-piece Cockpit. 2 more findings from the same check, on up to 1 of the 7 verified one-piece cockpits each.
Rg wheel size, Frame. 2 more findings from the same check, on up to 1 of the 74 verified frames each.
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Check before you buy
- Check before you buywarning · Front TireTire clearance: 45mm tire is wider than Ritchey WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork's 40mm fork max. On 15 of the 142 verified tires in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Check before you buywarning · Front TireTire clearance: 50mm tire is wider than Ritchey WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork's 40mm fork max. On 15 of the 142 verified tires in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Check before you buywarning · Front TireTire clearance: 50mm tire is wider than Ritchey WCS Carbon Tapered All-Road Cross Fork's 45mm fork max. On 15 of the 142 verified tires in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Check before you buywarning · Front TireTire clearance: 42mm tire is wider than Ritchey WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork's 40mm fork max. On 10 of the 142 verified tires in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Check before you buywarning · Front TireTire clearance: 48mm tire is wider than Ritchey WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork's 40mm fork max. On 8 of the 142 verified tires in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
- Check before you buywarning · Front TireTire clearance: 48mm tire is wider than Ritchey WCS Carbon Tapered All-Road Cross Fork's 45mm fork max. On 8 of the 142 verified tires in this catalog. Applies to 1 of 2 variants.
Rg tire fork, Front Tire. 12 more findings from the same check, on up to 6 of the 142 verified tires each.
Rg rotor size, Front Rotor. 6 more findings from the same check, on up to 6 of the 30 verified rotors each.
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Worth knowing
Rg headset advisory, Frame. 148 more findings from the same check, on up to 1 of the 74 verified frames each.
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$659.95 to $660.00 MSRP·415 to 484 g
What the maker states
- Travel
- 0 mm of travel (maker-stated)
- Wheel
- Built for a 700c wheel
- Axle
- Front axle 12x100
- Steerer
- Straight-1-1-8 (on 1 of 2 variants); Tapered-1-1-8-1-1-4 (on 1 of 2 variants)
- Maximum front rotor
- Front rotor up to 160 mm (maker-stated maximum)
- Brake mount
- Flat-mount
A value shown as a set or a range differs between this model’s variants and is never one variant’s spec.
2 verified variants
| Variant | Steerer | Maximum tire | Price (MSRP) | Weight | Source | Last checked | Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCS Carbon Gravel Cross Fork | straight-1-1-8 | Tire up to 40 mm (maker-stated maximum) | $659.95 | 415 g | maker’s page | 2026-08-01 | Build with this |
| WCS Carbon Tapered All-Road Cross Fork | tapered-1-1-8-1-1-4 | Tire up to 45 mm (maker-stated maximum) | $660.00 | 484 g | maker’s page | 2026-08-01 | Build with this |
The rest of what the maker states3 stated·2 not published
- Tire up to 40 mm (maker-stated maximum) (on 1 of 2 variants); Tire up to 45 mm (maker-stated maximum) (on 1 of 2 variants).
- Brake system disc-flat.
- rigid frame.
2 further fields the checker looks for are not published by Ritchey, so we leave them blank rather than estimate them, and those 2 checks stay silent on this fork. They are minimum front rotor and maximum tire basis. Each is recorded as “not stated by the maker (not checked)”.
Source: each variant links the maker’s own page in the table above. Last checked 2026-08-01.
Checked against
The checker ran this model against every verified part below that it has a slot for, the same way it checks a build in the builder. What follows is the verdict it actually produced for that specific pairing — not a recommendation, and not a guarantee any of these parts fits your own bike.
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6 of 499 counterparts with a page of their own that the checker actually probed this model against, in alphabetical order by brand and model — never by price, popularity or the verdict itself.