Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
I did it on a road bike for a niece. We had a frame but no fork. Grabbed a quality fork with what we guessed was proper rake and long steerer from the local collective. Its quite straight forward- its the same as a modern threadless fork install. Set the race, install the headset, set the star, and then remove to cut the steerer where needed.
The most difficult part, which wasnt atually difficult, was searching for a 1" threadless headset because it was a debate between an entry Ritchey Comp and an Origin8 for $10 less.
what i've imagined, exactly. thanks for sharing.
actually the idea is i'll go with depending on what i've gotten in terms of the headset. just sold 1" threadless headset that i used to have with a carbon fork, on here as a part of cleaning up the shop process. because it's been a while on the bike stuffs, i had no idea how hard it has become to find one unless paying like 150 bucks for the NOS Chis King ones. don't mind the cheap ones, but they are ugly... i should not have sold it, but then the whole idea was like no more bike building...
#infinityloop
have a columbus steel fork incoming with obviously long steerer tube. whatever the headset i've got, i will decide whether go with threadless or having it tapped to threaded which is also a hassle, no bike shop in my hood deals with 'old school' stuffs.