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Bicycling

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

1. Sadly, I'm not.

Reply to frylock (Original post)

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 09:19 PM

Feb 2012

It's been gorgeous the last few days in Seattle, but sadly, I left my mountain bike in Tucson and my racing bike has a cracked fork I just found out. It's a Greg LeMond, the company is out of business and finding a replacement fork is apparently difficult.

I'm bummed.

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great day for a pedal. where are you riding today? [View all] frylock Feb 2012 OP

Sadly, I'm not. Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #1

man, sorry to hear that.. frylock Feb 2012 #2

I hope so... Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #3

if you can determine the rake of your fork, you may be good to go.. frylock Feb 2012 #4

You might want to ask about it on bikeforums.net Kennah Feb 2012 #5

I'll check it out. Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #6

The parameters are the "rake" and distance from the crown to the drop outs Kolesar Feb 2012 #7

nm. ge26252se Feb 2012 #8

think I'll ride along Hula Popper Jul 2012 #9

I ride on the "Silver Comet Trail" 3 or 4 times a week Up2Late Oct 2012 #10