Old 09-12-10 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by tjspiel
Is that fork the original? I haven't seen too many forks on entry level roadies with fender mounts.
No. The original fork was bent when we were hit by a Pontiac in April 2009. The Wound Up fork was a replacement. Now that was hard to find. Near as I can tell, it's the only carbon road fork with a 1" steerer (carbon too!) and fender eyelets. Even then it had to be special-ordered.

Here's Yellow Bike with its original CroMoly fork--which also had fender eyelets.



I haven't examined all the 2011s yet, but through last year, all the top tier makers' entry-level road bikes had fender eyelets, and many of the second tier makers' too. One of the things you give up on "better" road bikes are fender eyelets.

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