Old 02-14-11 | 10:41 PM
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hillzofvalp
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$80 for a carbon fork new? wouldn't that be worth it?

Threaded route:

$20 run-of-the-mill headset (would have preferred dura ace or chris king.. so really $60-80)
$30-40 cinelli 1a stem in black
$30 smaller diameter bars
$0 used carbon fork I know nothing about

$60-80

Threadless route

$60 chris king headset that I'd get for a future bike anyways
$35 new fork (after selling old one)
$58 thomson stem new (after trading in some parts I didn't need to lbs)
<$10 spacers. (possibly free from lbs)
Piece of mind and good aesthetics - priceless
$0 FSA energy traditional bars 31.8 (got for free basically)

$153-$163

Just wanted to put it into perspective a little bit. So, for me, it's about twice as expensive. It's a good investment, in my opinion, to go threadless. I want to try the riser temporarily, but then I've got to buy a riser. Why don't I just get rid of the fork and do it the "right" way from the "beginning". Can anyone offer any ideas about new carbon forks?
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