Originally Posted by
FastJake
I agree with well biked. Frameset looks sweet! Do what you want, but keep the original fork in case you ever sell the bike.
Before you do anything, make sure you can mount your 25-28mm tire in the rear and fender. The Verona was a racing bike and I'm fairly certain you will not be able to use that tire/fender combo in the rear.
My hope is the 25mm tires on 23mm wide rims. The Verona is an odd duck. You look at it and the geo and, yeah, it looks "racing". But, it has front and rear eyelets, a pump peg (odd for a 2001 "racing" bike?), and mid-stay mounts for a rack?! That's one of the reasons I jumped on that listing: while it looks "racy" there's also stuff that says it may be a little more "relaxed". That and the fact that I know if I mount up a wheel and don't get the clearance I want I can CL it locally and not lose anything.
And you know what, if I have to lose fenders that might not be the worse thing in the world. The target tire size is more important. Time will tell...it supposedly arrives Saturday!