Originally Posted by
Dirtdrop
I'm saying that your Peugeot fork is longer than most any new fork you can buy. Just look at the distance between the tire and the fork crown. They don't make them like that any more. Your fork was made to accomodate 27X1 1/4" tires and still have room for fenders.
It is indeed unusually long in height, as Dirtdrop noted, but it is also long in rake (horizontal projection).
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069