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Old 01-12-20, 03:53 PM
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I picked up a factory Raleigh fork for the repaired frame this morning off Ebay, steerer tube is about an inch longer than needed but the color is a fair match and the price was decent. Has some shelf wear but considering the paint loss on the head tube I wasn't too concerned, nothing some polishing compound and clear enamel can't fix. I went back to the page I found it on after checking out, scrolled down about 6 items and there was the actual factory fork for my frames from the seller I got them from...... Right color, matching graphics, correct steerer tube length and only $7 more than the "pretty close" fork..... Since I wasn't all that crazy about using a suspension fork on the replacement frame I grabbed one of those as well, I just wish it was threadless instead of threaded. I also picked up a Ritchey Logic threaded headset for the replacement frame, I already had one for the original repaired frame.

The "pretty close" fork:



The OEM fork:

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