Originally Posted by
gugie
If it’s glossy black powder coat, match is easy. Braze on rack bossed plus powder coat might be cheaper thsn a new off the shelf fork. If you want your bars higher, get a taller stem. A longer fork and spacers with ghe same strm might bring the stem expander up in the threaded area.
Argh! It's a threadless modern fork. Everything else I have has quill stems, but not this one. I ride with bars fairly high up ( back problems) so I am sort of in a corner. I am going to change over the bar set I prefer first and see where that lands me, then go from there. I think the Soma fork was around $160 and had a 350mm steerer. The steerer on the Mercian looks to be around 300mm or just a little more. Anyway, i have 2 other bikes that are rolling for now, this one can wait a bit until I sort it out.