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Fork Help
i think i need to be in the market for a new fork for my 80s univega conversion (read, 1" tube, made for 27" though 700 would be ok).
i want a steel, threaded, low profile fork that will fit into my grad student budget (so custom is out of the question.) i can deal with a brake hole but it would not be needed.
i found the chrome one at bike cult which is cool but i'm not a fan of straight forks - i find them to be like weezer: something everyone i know and respect seems to enjoy but which i find repulsive. clearly i am wrong but that does not make me want one.
i also found the surly steamroller fork but i don't want black or logos (this isn't a deal breaker - i am handy with a rattle can - so, with some encouragement, i might go that route).
there is a tange one but it has eyelets for mounting a rack and i would prefer a fork without these (also not a deal breaker if i can be convinced).
e-bay has been no help as of late and the ridiculousness of atlanta's craiglist as already been covered. it could be that on my next thriftstore run i find exactly what i need but, because i am now looking for it, the goodwill gods will do everything in their vast powers to make sure i don't. please forgive me if i have overlooked something - i googled, i froogled and searched this site. any help will be greatly appreciated.
i want a steel, threaded, low profile fork that will fit into my grad student budget (so custom is out of the question.) i can deal with a brake hole but it would not be needed.
i found the chrome one at bike cult which is cool but i'm not a fan of straight forks - i find them to be like weezer: something everyone i know and respect seems to enjoy but which i find repulsive. clearly i am wrong but that does not make me want one.
i also found the surly steamroller fork but i don't want black or logos (this isn't a deal breaker - i am handy with a rattle can - so, with some encouragement, i might go that route).
there is a tange one but it has eyelets for mounting a rack and i would prefer a fork without these (also not a deal breaker if i can be convinced).
e-bay has been no help as of late and the ridiculousness of atlanta's craiglist as already been covered. it could be that on my next thriftstore run i find exactly what i need but, because i am now looking for it, the goodwill gods will do everything in their vast powers to make sure i don't. please forgive me if i have overlooked something - i googled, i froogled and searched this site. any help will be greatly appreciated.
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How is Atlanta for garage sales? It is the season. I understand the difficulty of cruising around suberbia if you have no way to cruise. Spring is also the time to clean out the basement/boiler room and toss it into the bin.
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do you have a link for that chrome columbus fork? my half-arsed google search didn't turn up any thing.
though i've never - despite some heroic atempts - been cool, i think it might just be an age thing. i had already been through a deep Pavement thing so i wrote weezer off as radio-friendly pavement ... just prior to writing pavement off as jerks. and i couldn't buy the tortured artist schtick of pinkerton after the video for buddy holly. and my drummer left for a band that did "the sweater song" live ... in 1995 (as if that makes a difference). this is all contextual and has nothing to do with the band itself. i give up because i understand why no one older or younger than me knows that the stone roses' first album is the greatest album ever. period. is any body with me?
Originally Posted by chrisgraham81
What is so repulsive about weezer? Not that im a huge fan but i am just curious to see what you dont like about them. I mean C'mon the first 2 ablums were pretty rockin. you werent EVEN cool unless you had the blue album when it came out.
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Originally Posted by chrisgraham81
you're old