There IS an option if you can do a bit of work and find another threaded fork as a donor. The process is to cut off the threaded portion and some of the upper non threaded portion of the Vitus fork. From the donor fork cut off the steer tube to a similar plus extra amount that is sufficient to allow you to install the threaded headset. Then find some steel tubing that is slightly larger than the inside diameter of the steer tubes. Cut a 2 inch length of that tube off and then cut a slit down the length of it on one side. This slit will allow you to compress the tube and force fit it into the steer tube of the fork and then force fit the threaded donor tube down over top. Once it has been dry fit sand all the contacting points clean and butter it all up with silver solder flux. Push it all together but for a 1 mm wide joint. Heat the whole thing and apply silver solder (the proper silver solder that needs to be just about but not quite red hot) to the joint so it flows into the joint and along the internal adapter tube. While still molten finish up by pushing the small gap closed to finish the joint. The resulting joint will be strong enough to avoid pavement dental work and you'll have a fork that fits your frame. Obviously the joint and internal alignment joiner needs to be far enough down to allow fitting the quill stem that you'll be using.

Another option is to do the same thing but add on a threadless top end and just go threadless.

All of this IS a lot of work and you need to trust your silver soldering skills or find a welder guy that knows his torch work and brazing. If you don't do it right all the bad things that were suggested already can and likely will happen.


I'd also like to say that I'm pleased to be associating with a group that largely knows that JBWeld is just another decent brand of epoxy and does not have any magical properties. I'm constantly amazed at how often folks firmly believe that it is a proper and excellent replacement for actual welding. Apparently the general knowledge level here on BF is just that much higher than on a few motorcycle and model airplane forums.