On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's true, but then there's paint to match... At some point it's > easier/cheaper to just find a fork that fits. > > My question is why, if you bought a bike that's "like-new", you bought > a fork? Just to have as a spare? > > On Oct 1, 5:59 am, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: >> A competent framebuilder who does repairs should be able to simply >> replace the whole steering column. Jack Franklin here in Ohio charges >> about $85 to do so.http://home.windstream.net/franklinframe/repairs.html
The problem with threaded forks though, is that there aren't that many choices for finding one that fits. I went through this when the threads on my MB4 fork got stripped - it took a couple of weeks or looking in used bike shops just to find a crappy replacement. I saw a couple of very nice threaded forks, but they had too-short steerers. There aren't very many nice threaded fork just lying around any more, and no quality replacements available short of having a custom fork built (the chrome Tange might be the only option). -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
