Replacement fork suggestions
Good day fine folks,
We just arrived in Chile and finally got our bikes back that we lost in Ukraine when the conflict started. Unfortunately, a year in the hands of the Ukrainian military, a year of storage, and over a year in transit was not kind to them and wonderful folks who packed the bikes for us on that side didn't put a brace on the front fork of my wife's first gen Marin 4 corners and the fork got squashed in transit.
After much difficulty I was able to get a local Chilean dealer and Marin head office to play nice and allow me to order a fork without providing a purchase receipt (which was destroyed along with most of our other belongings in Ukraine), however, the new fork will only be shipped from Indonesia in July for delivery probably around Nov/Dec. This means we'll miss out on cycling this season.
I would like to ask your advice on alternative 3rd party fork replacements that I could get earlier. We are close enough to the USA that we can order from there and have someone bring it over to us.
Many thanks!