Hey guys! wanted to share my fork mod… I acquired this Bianchi frame (without the fork), and looking at an 94 Bianchi catalog I might have found this frame with a chrome Columbus SBX fork (except mine doesn’t have the decal on the seat tube, so maybe it’s not the exact one), but finding a threaded fork that will fit this frame and at an affordable price is a challenge. I had this chrome fork that was a bit too long but pairs nicely so figured I’d try it threadless.
- First I cut off at the threads (the extra steerer length would’ve been nice, but was advised that a stem should not clamp on threads so that was removed)
- filed the cut area and added a star nut
- at this point I tried to make it work but that little bit of chrome plating on the steerer tube made it too thick for the top headset bearing cap to fit, so needed to remove some of that chrome from the steerer tube… which was an incredibly labor intensive job and didn’t get it all, but enough for it to work.
- and the headset fits! Ready for the rest
Still needs some work before this can hit the road, and not sure if I’ll riding a slammed stem, so might evolve to something else. But just wanted to share my progress with you all!
And if any of you guys successfully removed chrome from a steerer tube, enough to thread it I’d love to hear how you did it.
Keep on riding (and building) those sweet xbikes you guys!
by bruski
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That’s awesome. Did a similar build a few years ago. If you find it to be too low, Soma makes a chrome track fork with a 1″ threadless steerer that works quite well on vintage bikes. It’ll have a Tange decal on the fork that comes right off with a little acetone.
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