Looking for a fork
 

I need a 1" threaded steel or aluminum fork with a steerer length of at least 230mm.
Compatible with short reach brakes, willing to pay up to 150$.

Anyone have one they would wish to sell or point me in the direction of one.


Thanks!

Try here:

http://aebike.com/product/surly-stea...k3001-qc30.htm

Does it have to be steel?

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...7_10000_201500

What size wheels? 27" or 700c? What rake does the frame require?

-Shin

It is a 89 peugeot triathlon frame, but the rake is 400mm and 700c wheels

Just checked eBay. A few are available, chrome mostly. Do a search on "40mm rake" and see what you get.

-Shin

I dont want carbon, that was the first fork I was looking at. But I dont mind the weight difference and I know nashbar makes some decent products. But I would just feel uneasy about it every time I hop on ym bike.

I have the nashbar carbon threaded fork on an 87 Specialized Allez - I am 250 and it feels and acts like an upgrade - looks great on the old steel frame cream coloured bike

I know rake affects how responsive the steering is but does it matter how much it differs? SO far in the forks I have found the Soma one looks like my favorite so far, it has a 38mm rake

The Somas are the only forks that go up to 230mm and have a short enough threaded/washer slot section that you don't run the risk of splitting the steerer open.

Otherwise, you're stuck getting a 1" threadless fork and having a framebuilder cut threads into it, provided they have this tool:

http://www.jaysmarine.com/steererthreader.jpg

-Kurt

Well, other ones I have looked at is surly, spicer forks(spicercycles.com), and the fork offerings off nycbikes.com

4cm as in 4cm rake. I probably shouldn't drink and post...

I may have a steel fork with a pretty long steer-er, I'll have to measure at home later tonight.

230mm steerer tube?! Holy cow! how big is that Peugeot Triathlon frame??:eek:
BTW, the original fork on the Tiathlons were steel and IIRC, fully chromed, at least on on the early versions.
What happened to the original fork?
A Gitane Super Vitus 980 Fork popped up recently at eBay, but that was a steel fork.
A couple of Vitus 979s also popped up recently, but the did not have the correct steerer tube legnths.

Chombi
84 Peugeot PSV
85(?) Vitus Plus Carbone 7

Sounds like a 62cm,

Yeah I saw that Gitane Super Vitus, steerer is only 180mm.

Yes it is 60-62cm frame, I dont know what happened to the fork. I picked up just the frame for rather cheap, and didnt think about it at the time.

I should ask though...

The OP's bike is probably reynolds 501 rather than super vitus. There was a fully chromed 501 fork on ebay a week or so ago. It probably wasn't big enough for your bike, i checked on it for mine which is a 60 cm. the owner said that it wouldn't fit his 58cm so there was no way it was going to work on mine...

They pop up every now and then. just keep watching

I thought I had one (chrome Taiwan job with 240mm steerer), but now that I check it it's not threaded...sorry to raise any false hopes. However, If you decide you can use a threadless fork, let me know.

That's the biggest problem with most so called, "repair forks". They make em one size fits all with enough thread to shorten it to fit the smallest common head tube without having to extend the threads.
It's getting hard to find forks that aren't like that. I've had the best luck at old, long established bike shops. They usually have a stack of them somewhere.

So, look for a older fork rather than a newer surly tange or other track fork? Would it work if i file off the tab on the headset? I am getting a stronglight Delta btw..

I believe that I have an older Peugeot fork with a flat crown? As I recall, it is white with one small chrome slice across the top of each crown. It is longer that average, has eyelets, but I have no idea of length without measuring. Let me know if it might match your needs and I will measure it.

File off the tab? Do you mean the flat portion (or in some cases, the little nub) that sticks out on the interior portion of the spacer between the top race nut and the top locknut?. All that does is keep the top race mostly unaffected when you tighten the top lock nut on it and the top race. It keeps the top race from spinning too. Some steerer tubes have flats and even slots to accomodate these and some do not. Yes, you can file those down to make the spacer fit on the steerer tube, but you will have to invest on a second headset spanner to hold the top race in position as you tighten the locknut on it and the spacer if you do. Have the same thing going on with my Vitus Carbone resto. The vitus 979 fork on it does not have a slot or flat portion on the steerer tube threads, so I will have to file down the flat portion of the spacer on the new Stronglight A9 headset that I am installing on the frame or just reuse the plain spacer that came with the DA headset on the bike when I got it. Either way, I will still need two headset spanners to complete the job..

Chombi
84 Peugeot PSV
85(?)Vitus Plus Carbone 7

Sounds doable, thanks!

the issue with the "repair forks" splitting open in the steerer has nothing (much) to do with the little tab on the washer, it's that the steerer has such a long portion threaded, and that portion also has the slot cut along the whole length to accommodate the little tab, that one can put enough pressure on a dangerously weakened steerer with the quill wedge to bust it apart. The "safe" way to use one of these forks is to only use it on short bikes so you cut off most of the threading and your quill's wedge is bearing on an unthreaded part of the steerer....makes it less than "universal", however.

Ok, I get it now, one of the forks I was considering was a spicer track fork which in the description he mentions this and says how he does not put the slit in his forks.