Hello Neill,
The green Raleigh Internationals were made prior to 1973 and have small "International" transfers on the top tube. The front fork is made of Reynolds 531 with a Prugnat chromed straight crown fork and Campy dropouts.
While these can be hard to find, I have seen Raleigh International forks appear on ebay (?2 in two years?) . If you are looking for a quick alternate "rider", I can sell you a used Tange sloping crown front fork for $25 + s/h/p that may meet your needs, depending on the stack height of headset. Please let me know if you are interested and what the dimensions are of your bike.
Regards, Steve Neago
(513) 248-8830
> Neill Currie wrote:
>
> >I just got a green, Raleigh International frame,
> >1972 (possibly 1973, says the Raleigh "dating
> >service")which is without it's original fork.
> >
> >I would like to set it up with something fitting,
> >if not necessarily original........something
> >maybe period, lugged, etc. As I_may_be doing a
> >repaint of the frame, color of the fork is not
> >too important to me. As the frame headtube
> >measures 7.5 inches, I guess I will need a
> >steerer of 9 inches or longer(frame is a 60cm or
> >24 inch)to allow for headset stack height.
> >
> >Anyone got a fork that'll work? Please let me
> >know, and I will turn this beauty (in the making)
> >into a rider.
>
> I hope you find something suitable. If you don't, and want it for a
> "rider" consider a hybrid fork.
>
> You can get a nice CrMo unicrown hybrid fork for about $60. Unlike
> most newer road forks, it will have blades long enough to not mess up
> the geometry of your International.
>
> Unlike the original, it will have cantilever brake studs so you can
> use a modern brake. (An authentic fork will require a quite long
> reach caliper.)
>
> Sheldon "My International Has The Original Fork And The Original
> Weinmann Front Caliper, But No Other Original Parts" Brown
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