Originally Posted by
cudak888
Mark, I wish this could be shouted at every aftermarket bike parts importer on this earth.
Those overthreaded "replacement" forks are worthy of being on the top five list for irresponsible parts sold on the bike aftermarket today.
At this point, if I have to replace a fork with a long enough steerer tube, I'll just get the threadless equivalent, slice it to length, and cut the appropriate amount of threads into it.
-Kurt
Classic! I saved that to my Hall of Shame folder of broken bikes'n'parts, it's a keeper.