Two days ago a car cut me off on a turn. I went wide to avoid it, and ended up skidding out on gravel. Now that the initial shock and despondency is starting to wear off, and the road rashes and stiff wrist are starting to heal, it's time to set about finding a new fork to replace my Cannondale 1985 SR900's bent one.
More pictures are up on the project thread
here, but basically I need a 1" threaded fork that will fit a 56cm frame.
rrcardr and Homebrew01 have already given me some good advice regarding possible replacement forks, including the carbon threaded over at Nashbar and the steel threaded from Niagara.
As I'm getting over the initial shock over the damage, however, I'm thinking more and more how nice it would be to get a touring fork, similar to the forks on the C'dale ST series of bikes. So, does anyone have any resources they'd be willing to share? It would be a dream come true to find an ST fork from an unusable ST frame, but that's probably a stretch. More realistic would be to find a good, solid after-market touring fork. As this is my commuter, cheap is good, and I don't care about matching the original white color scheme. I figure the less it matches, the less NYC thieves will gravitate toward it.
Cannondale lists the rake on the stock fork as 1.5" (38mm) and I like how it handled, so it'd be nice to not deviate too much from that. Is there anything else I should be considering as I search for a fork?
A quick search here on BF turned up
this Dimension fork with single eyelets, and
this one from SJS with mid-way bosses. Too bad the one from
SJS would be over $100 once shipping is factored in; it looks like a fantastic fork. These forks have a rake of 45mm––how different would that feel from the 38mm?
Thanks! Shopping for forks is helping me keep my mind off the fact that I can't ride until both I and the bike are fixed
