Originally Posted by
1989Pre
The wrong bearings in this hub could have dropped the o.l.d. to 96mm, and to boot, that hub body looks pretty short to me.
I measured the hub last night and it was 100mm. I suppose it is possible the fork was manufactured to this wider tolerance, but it seems like a lot to me. After looking the fork over and sensing how robust it is, I’m going to clamp it and forget it. That being said, I was preliminarily shopping around for solid, affordable options to acquire a different fork. A used Tange Prestige TB fork caught my eye, I will probably try to source something similar when the time comes I can afford something.
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