Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,428
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From: SW Virginia
Bikes: 62 Falcon, 58 Raleigh Lenton Gran Prix, 74 Raleigh Pro, 75 Raleigh Int, 75 Raleigh Comp, 76 Colnago Super, 75 Crescent, 80 Peugeot PX10, plus others too numerous to mention!
If you are painting the bike and fork anyway, the chrome fork could be painted as easily as a new one, presuming the painter did a little more work and "scuffed up" the chrome so it would hold paint better. Guess people just wonder why buy new if you already have a servicible fork in hand.