QBP, a major distributor that almost all bike shops use, has steel replacement forks from Tange, Dimension and Surly. The Dimension model is chrome with a lugged crown. Ask your local shop to show you their QBP catalog and order one up. Delivery is usually less than a week.
On 1/10/07, Bingham, Wayne <WBINGHAM@imf.org> wrote:
>
> I am in need of a quality fork, preferably an all-chrome one, for a
> project I'm working on. The intended frame is 55 cm, so I need a fork
> with about a 180 to 190 mm steering tube, with about 50 mm of threading.
> I would prefer sort of a generic fork with a "proper" flat or
> semi-sloping crown, because it would best match the frame style. The
> frame has a gray, marbled paint job and half-chromed stays and rear drop
> outs. The paint would be hard to match, so an all-chrome fork would
> look most original. I can live with English or Italian threading, but
> no French please. I can probably manage a fork with a longer steering
> and English threading, and cut additional threads and trim if necessary,
> as long as the steerer is not fully chromed. I'd rather find something
> that works as is though, if possible. Some years ago I had acquired a
> fork from a Colnago Super that had been parted-out that I had intended
> to use. I hadn't really done anything with the fork because it didn't
> really meet the criteria as well as I wanted, being from a 59 cm frame
> and having a chrome steerer. As fate and bike karma would have it, the
> Colnago donor frame that had provided that fork recently ended up in the
> hands of list-member Marty Walsh, who learned from the original owner
> that I was in possession of the fork. With the intent of keeping
> harmony in the delicate Karma of the vintage bicycle universe, Marty and
> I struck a deal to reunite the Colnago frame and fork. In restitution,
> Marty's task is to help find me a suitable fork for my project frame.
> Hence, this plea is from both me and Marty. Marty's on the hook to pay
> for another fork (although may also have items to trade, including a
> chrome Super Vitus fork from a Peugeot), but I thought it best to
> provide the description of what I needed.
>
> A few details of the intended frame can be seen here:
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/
> 094.JPG.html
>
> The frame is NOS, so I'd like to find a fork that looks as new as
> possible, but I'm also willing to compromise if necessary.
>
> So, if anyone out there has a wayward fork, it will find a good home
> with my frame. Please let Marty and me know if you have something
> available that might fit the bill.
>
> Small price to pay for keeping the world of vintage bicycles in harmony.
>
> Thanks in advance -
>
> Wayne Bingham
> Lovettsville VA USA