Originally Posted by
Scooper
It's pretty clear from the top view photo that the blades are round (typical on track bikes), not Continental oval.
NOVA sells 24mm round track blades for $23.76 per pair. If you can't find a replacement fork, a framebuilder can either build you a new one or replace those buckled blades with new ones of the same length and rake.
There were older track forks with smaller diameter round blades, so make sure you get the correct diameter to fit that crown if you decide to replace the blades.
So true Stan. I was thinking back to my Gios Professional from the same era. What a beautiful line of bikes it was.
Around 2002, I was at a factory in Taiwan, negotiating a deal for a bunch of mountain bikes and I saw a trolly of near complete road frames roll by. I commented that the colour looked like Gios blue and the factory owner proudly exclaimed that they were indeed Gios frames. It saddened me that Gios had gone to Asian manufacturing but it made the factory look even better in my eyes.
Pip