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Who has the oldest carbon fork?

Old 01-18-16, 06:45 PM
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1987 TVT Fork on my 1990 Giant 980c. Completed a Century ride 2015 and will do another this 2016 on it. Will also swap out the spoked wheels with 90's era rear disc and front tri-spoke specialized for a 12 mile TT.

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2003. wow...i feel like it has 30 more years now.
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Originally Posted by gaucho777
It's built now:



Is there a prize for oldest titanium fork? This Speedwell fork is 42 years old:

both bikes are beautiful and that look frame is really doing it for me. kudos!
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Originally Posted by ooga-booga
2003. wow...i feel like it has 30 more years now.
Not necessarily if you listen to the doomsdayers
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Originally Posted by datlas
Was that influenced by Lynskey's recommendation to replace the fork every 5 years?
No, actually I really wanted to get the fork that matched the bike since it was new. The bike shop up in Lancaster county didn't have it in so I put the Alpha one on there. The bike shop even said this fork is perfect but I still wanted a new one.
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