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Originally Posted by TenGrainBread
If you really must put on a carbon fork, the best option would be a Wound Up composite fork. They will do a steel threaded 1-inch steerer for you so you can use your original headset if desired.

Close 2nd would be a 1" Columbus carbon fork. These are very nice. You'll have to change the headset to a 1" threadless because these only come in threadless (I used a 1" threadless Cane Creek 100 when I did a similar conversion on a 90s Litespeed).

If you want my true opinion, it's leave the steel fork on there.
+1 on staying with steel for an old bike.

I checked Wound Up's website, plugged in 1" with threaded steel steerer under Road Forks, and it feedback 'No product to match your description'. I saw prices starting in the $300+ range, so not sure of the cost. Maybe I missed something, I didn't go to every product page looking for 1".
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