Originally Posted by vomitron
Uh, just get your threadless fork threaded at a reputable LBS. Pick up a headset and a stem, and you're in business (albeit less stiff).
This can work with a steel fork, but watch out for one "gotcha" I ran into once...I threaded a steerer for a customer who wanted to convert, then discovered that the threadless steerer had thicker walls than a sandad threaded steerer, and it was not possible to get a stem to fit the smaller hole! I really don't understand what the manufacturer was thinking...
Originally Posted by lbthomps
all I was trying to say is that it would be a lot more difficult to find a 1 1/8 threaded fork for a track style bike unless you wanted to use a mtb fork...or maybe there is something that exists that i am unaware of
Actually 1 1/8 threaded forks of any type are pretty scarce.
As things have turned out, there are basically two currently viable setups: 1" threaded and 1 1/8" threadless. Everything else is oddball and should be avoided if possible. The market place has spoken.
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