OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
> I wondered at the response of Mssrs Peter White & Troy Courtney.. are you
> folks ready to cut a full length of new threads in a chromed steel steerer tube?
> At CDO, I am not willing to use our VAR or Campagnolo (especially) or even
> Hosan thread dies on such a time consuming and potentially damaging task!
>
> Also, in the real world of use, rather than the theoretic world of ideal
> steering geometry, bikes can have an amazing tolerance for different fork offsets
> and blade lengths. Many Italian bikes of the 1970s + used a set fork offset
> for every size in the line, most often 45 mm.
Chrome can be removed easily with sand blasting.
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Peter Jon White
Peter White Cycles
24 Hall Rd.
Hillsborough, NH 03244
603 478 0900 Phone
603 478 0902 Phax
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