Weird. I bought a Nashbar 1” threaded CF fork and it’s lighter than the Alan aluminum fork the bike had on it, which in turn was lighter than the CroMo fork the bike supposedly came with. (Which was on a second bike that I bought from the same seller at the same time). I certainly like the ride quality of the CF fork over the Alan.

Maybe Nashbar had several different suppliers over
the years? And I would think there’d be no mistaking aluminum for CF.