View Poll Results: Original fork or carbon?
Original chrome Pinarello fork
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Carbon fork
6
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Old Pinarello poll - carbon fork or no?
08-21-08, 08:58 PM
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ride what you want. it's not like it's permanent or anything. of course it looks better with the steel fork, but there's no harm in riding the carbon one.
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08-22-08, 01:11 AM
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I think the conclusion is pretty obvious from the poll.
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08-22-08, 05:12 AM
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08-22-08, 07:25 AM
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Question I have, and to avoid starting a new thread...
I'm looking to put a chrome fork on a bike I have. Most of the older forks for sale are Italian made, which might mean Italian threading, right? Can I match a Shimano headset to an Italian threaded fork? It'll be a 1" threaded fork, since this was the older standard, but I'm wondering about the compatibility of the fork with the headset/stem.
Or...I guess I could just get around this with a Campy headset?
I'm looking to put a chrome fork on a bike I have. Most of the older forks for sale are Italian made, which might mean Italian threading, right? Can I match a Shimano headset to an Italian threaded fork? It'll be a 1" threaded fork, since this was the older standard, but I'm wondering about the compatibility of the fork with the headset/stem.
Or...I guess I could just get around this with a Campy headset?
08-22-08, 07:41 AM
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Question I have, and to avoid starting a new thread...
I'm looking to put a chrome fork on a bike I have. Most of the older forks for sale are Italian made, which might mean Italian threading, right? Can I match a Shimano headset to an Italian threaded fork? It'll be a 1" threaded fork, since this was the older standard, but I'm wondering about the compatibility of the fork with the headset/stem.
Or...I guess I could just get around this with a Campy headset?
I'm looking to put a chrome fork on a bike I have. Most of the older forks for sale are Italian made, which might mean Italian threading, right? Can I match a Shimano headset to an Italian threaded fork? It'll be a 1" threaded fork, since this was the older standard, but I'm wondering about the compatibility of the fork with the headset/stem.
Or...I guess I could just get around this with a Campy headset?
08-22-08, 07:48 AM
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I like the chrome.
But I have a carbon fork on the Waterford now, which is how I got it.
The bike is black so the fork isn't glaring but the original was chrome and I'd like to see it that way again.
All black with a white Rolls saddle and white Fizik tape.
But I have a carbon fork on the Waterford now, which is how I got it.
The bike is black so the fork isn't glaring but the original was chrome and I'd like to see it that way again.
All black with a white Rolls saddle and white Fizik tape.
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08-22-08, 07:51 AM
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08-22-08, 02:03 PM
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Anyone have an answer besides DVS? Should I be okay with an old Italian road fork and a Shimano headset? Or will the threading be an issue...
08-22-08, 03:00 PM
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A 1" threaded fork is/was a standard back then.
08-22-08, 08:48 PM
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Threaded fork can use a threaded headset no problem. You can still use your original threaded fork with a 'aheadset' style headset as well, but you need a threadless stem adaptor. That's the route I'm probably going to go...
08-22-08, 08:52 PM
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In the original pic I posted at the beginning of this thread - it's a Shimano 600 threaded headset and the bike has only ever had Shimano on it.
Threaded fork can use a threaded headset no problem. You can still use your original threaded fork with a 'aheadset' style headset as well, but you need a threadless stem adaptor. That's the route I'm probably going to go...
Threaded fork can use a threaded headset no problem. You can still use your original threaded fork with a 'aheadset' style headset as well, but you need a threadless stem adaptor. That's the route I'm probably going to go...
08-22-08, 09:39 PM
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08-22-08, 09:53 PM
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There are italian threaded headsets and forks, ask the C&V forum about interchangability. I think you can use a british headset on an italian fork but maybe not the other way around, but I'm not sure.
