Originally Posted by Peek the Geek
Great find! (there. are ya happy?)
I wish I lived somewhere large enough to merit a co-op, though I do like driving to the city for bike swaps. My last one I got lucky and found a rigid fork for my singlespeed build. It was a Vicious Cycles fork---but the thing was, it was 425mm, meaning it was corrected for a bike with 63mm of travel. Out of date, right? Wrong. The frame I was using was a 2000 Gunnar Ruffian, the last year Gunnars were designed for 63mm travel forks!
Serendipity, baby!
Haha... thanks for humoring me
Bike swaps are excellent. We have them about 3 times a year in the DC area, and I have had so many great finds... a pair of $200 Northwave shoes with pedals with $40, Sora brifters for $20, a 105 double crank for $10, lotsa good stuff.
It's great when you think the part you need is sufficiently obscure that no one would have it--like your fork--and then it pops up right in front of ya. Where are you in Wisconsin that's not big enough for a co-op? I hear that Madison has the highest rate of bike commuting of any city in the USA. DC is #4 I believe.