Originally Posted by
CousinGerald
i've been to 4 shops today. 2 of them were very wary about the job. they both suggeting cutting a section out and re-welding it to the size i want. seemed weird given all the feed back i've received on bike forums. I told one dude that a lot of people on BF said it should be a $10 job and he got all offended. he said 40 to 50 and recommended the cut-and-weld job. what does anyone think?
You need to go to an old timey LBS that has a Campy tool kit or equivalent. Just call around and ask the mechanic "Do you have a Campy tool kit." If they say yes, take it to them, if they say no, or "what is that", run away.
Their suggestion makes no sense. Unless they align the cuts and weld perfectly, they will ruin the fork. They just don't have the tool and want to make some bucks off you anyway.