Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Don't discount a carbon threadless fork. By itself good for a 0.75 to 1.0 lb weight reduction depending on what you have and what you get. But that is just the beginning. That fork will enable considerable other weight reductions in the lightweight threadless headset, stem, and modern light bars. Not being a preservationist, I consider these upgrades essential to the refreshing of a vintage steel frame. (My shields are up!)
I'll be using a threadless stem and modern bars. That was key in deciding to go this route. Of course, that means using an adapter, which is by no means light. All-in-all, I'd save roughly a pound going carbon, but it just isn't in the budget this year.
Keeping the steel fork allowed me to spend a little more on components (and those darn French parts that aren't hard to come by, but cost half an arm and your first born (exaggerating of course). I got lucky and ended up with one of the frames with a swiss bottom bracket, so extra kudo points there!