Speaking of re-uniting forks with frames, I have a beautiful chrome Coppi fork for a 58cm frame from the late 1970s that I would like to find a home for. I know someone out there must have an old classic 1970s Coppi lugged classic that needs this fork badly. If anyone knows of someone looking for one, please let me know. I know Coppis are not that common, making finding a fork for one next to impossible if you actually needed one. But here it is! The way I got the fork was that I broke my 1970s Medici frame where the downtube cables ran through the inside of the bottom of the down tube, just under the Campy shifters and I traded the chrome fork from it for this COPPI version. I realize now that I probably should have kept the one I had, haha. I suppose that some water must have gotten inside the cable tubes and caused rust, since the cables would naturally wear on the tubes and they are unprotected from the elements of sweat and weather. Is this a poor frame design? I thought it was cool and a nice touch, to have the cables run inside the tubes like that, but I guess its not a good idea since I rarely see it anymore other than when the entire cable housing goes inside and thats better because the cable doesn't rub against the frame and cause rust.
Anyway, I'm looking to trade my chrome Coppi fork for a 1970s fork with a Cinelli type crown or a Masi fork that will fit at least a 58 or 59cm frame, which means somewhere close to 8 inches long steering tube, I think. Contact me off list if you have something like that that you want to trade. Other trades possible like for 1st Gen Campy SR rear derailleur, etc.
-Dee Gordon Los Angeles, CA USA
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 10:55 PM, galen pewtherer <dolface@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd love
> to hear them, so if any listmembers have a story and are willing to
> take the time to write it out, please post it to the list!
>
> Galen Pewtherer
> in freakishly warm San Francisco, CA, USA