Hi Ben.
Recently (less than a year ago) you could buy a real NOS Benotto track fork from Spicer Cycles:
http://spicercycles.com/
Looking at that page now, it looks like they are not offering them anymore - but drop them a line - they may still be able to get you one. Otherwise, it looks like they might be able to help you out with a replacement, possibly in chrome? - I'd just call and ask.
Good luck Mark Buswell San Francisco, CA USA
On Feb 27, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Benjamin Motz wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> First off, thanks for providing the site and mailing list, the site
> has
> proved invaluable in my quest (so far) to build up my Benotto
> Modelo 2700
> Pista Profesional.
>
> A little about myself, I'm 27 and living in Toronto Ontario, I run
> a small
> company with a couple of friends one of which is also a dedicated bike
> geek as well, we've been building up track bikes for a couple years
> and
> this year we are really hoping to get to do some racing either in
> London,
> Montreal or even down in NYC. My first lightweight was actually a
> really
> awful peugeot that had definitely seen better days, but after riding
> mountain bikes through the city it won my heart with it's speed and
> agility.
>
> So as mentioned, I'm still building up this Benotto frame I aquired
> and
> one of the last parts I'm in need of is a decent Chrome or
> Benotto-Champagne track fork. I've included a link to the frame I have
> (sorry the picture is so terrible, but my good camera is broken), I
> am in
> need of something with about 8.25-8.5 inches of steerer.
>
> You can see the frame here - http://www.breadwinner.ca/
>
> I'm really interested to hear some of the stories and read through the
> archives. If anyone has any questions whatsoever, feel free to shout.
> Thanks again for any help, and if anyone's going to be at the bike
> show
> this weekend, maybe I'll see you there!
>
> Ben.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Benjamin Motz
> Creative Director
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