Thanks so much for the tips....I will plan to proceed with powder coating at the end of this season.

A related question, and maybe for a different thread, but here goes:

My frame is 22 years old, cromoly steel....same with the fork....I want to keep the frame, but it looks like even a lot of steel framebuilders are using off-the-shelf carbon forks.

I am wondering what the potential benefits and risks of getting a new 21st century fork would be...what occurs to me is that I could save some weight...but I dont want to change the handling of the bike and it looks like these fancy carbon forks are not "raked" the way the old fashioned steel ones are.

Any thoughts??

Doug