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05-25-16 | 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SkyDog75

Both forks would have 1 1/8 inch threadless steerers, so you should be able to make the swap as long as the steerer tube is long enough. If you take a fork from a small-framed bike and try to use it with a large frame, the fork's steerer tube may not reach all the way through the frame's head tube.

No damage on either fork. Both are threadless.

I'm thinking about taking the fork from a 2009 55cm frame and swapping it with the fork from a 2006 58cm frame.

Why? The 2006 has mid-fork braze-ons and the 2009 does not. I'd like to keep the 2009 55cm bike. While I don't have both bikes in front of me, I'm guessing the headtube on the 58cm frame is about 1 inch taller than the headtube on the 55cm frame. Sounds like it may not work..

Some data:
Volpe | Bianchi USA

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