Originally Posted by
hokiefyd
Rob, that bike probably has a lot of otherwise high quality parts on it. At the very least, if your conversion project doesn't work out, please donate it to a co-op or post your location here and someone would gladly come pick that bike up from you. If you're in northwestern VA, I certainly would!
Actually, all the parts are pretty well junk, it was built from a frame and thrashed.
I guess I could go to the local bicycle junkyard and find a scrap 1 1/8" rigid fork somewhere.