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Old 07-04-11 | 02:05 PM
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You can probably stop looking now and go ahead and order the fork from SJS.

Hardly any forks are made for 1" steerer, with mid-fork eyes. In fact, the SJS is the only one I know of.

Make sure the axle-to-crown distance is close to your stock fork, or else it will affect steering/handling. You can compensate somewhat with tire size choice F & R.

It'll probably be cheaper to get a plain (no mid-fork eye) steel fork of appropriate length and jury-rig your rack mounting with P-clamps from the hardware store. For example (these are formerly Tange-badged forks and great value, plenty tough):

http://aebike.com/product/dimension-...k0084-qc30.htm

plus a pair of these (from home depot or lowes, 3 diameters available, 2-3 bucks ea):

http://www.touringcyclist.com/gear/model_16556.html

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