Puget Pounder

I am doing a 650B conversion on my rodriguez. It has a 1" threadless carbon fork without any brand name on it. a 650B x 38mm tire barely rubs the sides so I need something that has wide blades. I prefer to go carbon, but steel is fine. I would just have to get the steel fork painted and right now I'm not looking to drop a ton of money. Can someone suggest a fork with wide blades for this?

Has anyone used the Nashbar fork for this purpose?

I've had a couple people recommend a Winwood (too expensive) and EC30 (not made anymore). Got any more?

If someone has one they don't need, speak up!

Puget Pounder

Morning bump

fietsbob

Go back to the source, contact R&E about building the new fork.

Puget Pounder

Of course that is the sensible first option, but the bike budget isn't very big right now. I have everything except for the fork and other projects have taken precedence. Good looking out though.

fietsbob

More Overtime at the Job ? to fill up the bike fund.

Puget Pounder

No overtime here and am saving up for school

IthaDan 

Tires are a lot cheaper and easier than forks, you sure this is worth giving up your existing fork? Don't shoot, just asking.

650b is pretty close to a 26" MTB sized, right? Have you looked at mountain bike forks? What kind of brakes do you run?

Puget Pounder

Well the frame is built around 700C, so I am really looking to keep the original geometry (independent of geo change from the conversion). I am using long reach caliper brakes. It doesn't make sense to me to change to 650B without going to fairly large tires as if I were going to do ~32mm, I could have just gone with another bike with 700C. I thought that while I was at it, I could get a carbon fork painted, but now I am starting to think that it's not worth it... I could just run a smaller tire in front and a larger in back, but mismatched tires bug me.

A friend of mine recently suggest getting a trek sport touring fork from an old huge frame, chop the threads off, and run threadless. Starting to look that way...