Raleigh Campagnola Gran Sport forks
06-05-12, 07:36 AM
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Raleigh Campagnola Gran Sport forks
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I am trying to make my early 80s Raleigh Gran Sport presentable again. Most of it is in reasonable condition apart from the forks. These are beyond cleaning and I would like to replace them. Any idea where I can get a similar set. Mine are flat crown but later models came with a sloping crown I believe. Either would do.
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I am trying to make my early 80s Raleigh Gran Sport presentable again. Most of it is in reasonable condition apart from the forks. These are beyond cleaning and I would like to replace them. Any idea where I can get a similar set. Mine are flat crown but later models came with a sloping crown I believe. Either would do.
Thanks
06-05-12, 11:42 AM
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I agree I would either have that fork painted or powdercoated.
There are tons od nice forks on the market and I am dying for a project to use a Soma straigh blade fork.
There are tons od nice forks on the market and I am dying for a project to use a Soma straigh blade fork.
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06-05-12, 11:45 AM
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Unfortunately, powdercoating does not adhere well to chrome and media-blasting won't remove it. However, the chrome on this fork might be bad enough that media blasting will remove most of it.
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06-06-12, 12:37 PM
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"Campagnolo."
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06-06-12, 12:39 PM
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You can have chrome removed in some sort of bath. I had the chrome removed from a front TA rack, had a braze on for a light added, then had it re-chromed and it cost $35. Bilenky did it.
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What's the length of the steer tube? I have a fork off a Carlton Supercourse with nice chrome, regular stamped drops but it's got a very long steer tube on it.
Not as nice as your old one but it's a decent enough fork.
I'd probably lean towards rechroming the original as well.
Not as nice as your old one but it's a decent enough fork.
I'd probably lean towards rechroming the original as well.
06-06-12, 04:27 PM
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For some reason, "Campagnola" really irks me. Yes, I'm a pedantic jerk face.
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06-07-12, 12:10 AM
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Takes one to know one. I also dislike the use of "Campi".
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06-07-12, 05:37 AM
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Rubs me wrong too. So as not to clutter up the OP's fork thread, I'm gonna start another frivolous thread on the subject.
06-07-12, 05:41 AM
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That is a very nice campagnolo equipped bike you have there. Its a shame the forks have rusted so much, reading the replies so far there's no easy fix.
You could try and find a replacement fork, but you need to find the correct length, correct age and full chrome so the colour matches which wont be too easy. Forks tend to stay with frames so there are not many forks of that age on their own for sale, and if there are some for sale then the frame was may have been crashed/bent so the fork's might not be 100% straight.
Modern straight blade fork's in my opinion look worse than your rusted forks.
you could try using aluminum foil just to clean them up a little, but this wont help where the chrome is lost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UPO8aJh_6A
You could try and find a replacement fork, but you need to find the correct length, correct age and full chrome so the colour matches which wont be too easy. Forks tend to stay with frames so there are not many forks of that age on their own for sale, and if there are some for sale then the frame was may have been crashed/bent so the fork's might not be 100% straight.
Modern straight blade fork's in my opinion look worse than your rusted forks.
you could try using aluminum foil just to clean them up a little, but this wont help where the chrome is lost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UPO8aJh_6A
06-07-12, 01:20 PM
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And I can't stand it when people use the term "forks".
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What about when they talk about their "front forks"?
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06-07-12, 01:31 PM
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yes, that bothers me. To me, the entire unit is a "fork". A fork has "fork ends".
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06-07-12, 01:58 PM
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And there are rear drop outs, but there isn't a rear fork, so front forks just seems so redundant to me, especially in ads by people claiming to by bike experts.
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me three! I am also pedantic jerk-face!
But...then I think this:
we all wear pants (plural) and speak of a pair of pants/trousers/shorts when we only mean one, not a pair. They have 2 legs, but are a single unit of clothing.
A fork is kind of "two of a kind" with trousers...which makes a pair.
Guess that cleared it all up!
But...then I think this:
we all wear pants (plural) and speak of a pair of pants/trousers/shorts when we only mean one, not a pair. They have 2 legs, but are a single unit of clothing.
A fork is kind of "two of a kind" with trousers...which makes a pair.
Guess that cleared it all up!
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Sand (silica), garnet or emery will surely take off this chrome, the danger is it might take off steel you need if the operator isn't careful!
Tank-dipping to "de-chrome" is what a chrome shop would use, but those are nearly extinct in my State, there are plenty of blasters around.
06-08-12, 09:59 AM
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That reminds me of how people say ATM machine and PIN number. Grr. Even when I joke about those, people give me blank stares. Well, jeez, what do you THINK those abbreviations stand for?
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Depends on what "media" they blast with: that term has come to mean "something softer than sand or emery" (like walnut shell, plastic, etc.), but media really means anything a blaster uses, including hard materials.
Sand (silica), garnet or emery will surely take off this chrome, the danger is it might take off steel you need if the operator isn't careful!
Tank-dipping to "de-chrome" is what a chrome shop would use, but those are nearly extinct in my State, there are plenty of blasters around.
Sand (silica), garnet or emery will surely take off this chrome, the danger is it might take off steel you need if the operator isn't careful!
Tank-dipping to "de-chrome" is what a chrome shop would use, but those are nearly extinct in my State, there are plenty of blasters around.
He didn't blast the Peugeot. He sanded it by hand. It retains the mysterious inoxydable coating.
"Front windshield" is one of my favorites.
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