Have you considered buying a used fork? I know that many of the bike shops here have lots of old 1" and 1 1/8" forks sitting in the back collecting dust. Of course it will be harder to find forks for 700c as opposed to MTB forks but you just never know. If you're not too picky hopefully you can get something that is satisfactory (ie. a fairly light and strong cro-mo fork). Good Luck!