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Help! I don't know what to do.
It was late at night just before Christmas and I was just off to bed when the CRC sale e-mail popped into my inbox.
I clicked on it and the first thing I saw was the most bargainous sale of Fox Float 32RL forks reduced from £720 to £180.
I have been looking for a new set of forks for one of my three dialled bikes PA frames for a while so I clicked on them and added to the basket, checked out and paid.
It was only a few minutes later that I realised that the forks have a 1.5 inch steerer which of course the PA's nor any of my other frames have either.
I thought about cancelling the order but when I checked the following morning they had already been dispatched.
So what do I do?
- send them straight back when they arrive?
- try and sell them on either here or via the bay of E?
- buy a new frame with a 1.5 inch steerer?
- A.N. other option?
Hope you all had a great Christmas.
i make that new frame o'clock 🙂
Buy an mmmBop or blue pig and stick the fork on there.
Those forks tempted me until I saw the steerer size.
New bike build for the new year - go on, treat yourself! (Carbon 456?)
edit - 456 has a tapered headtube sorry!
i'd say get a ragley - the price of those forks plus the price of those frames = BARGAIN BIKE
If it sounds to good to be tire..........
I almost did the same too, but realised before!
I'd send them back.
By the time you've bought a new frame, 1.5 headset and 1.5 stem it's going to get very expensive, and the forks won't be such a bargain.
And does anyone really spend £720 on forks?
stew1982 - MemberIf it sounds to good to be true..........
I almost did the same too, but realised before!
Yeah, I know, can't believe I fell for it.
Buy a 1/8th csu for £150 and swap them over.
erm well what i've done, is this exactly 😛
bought those forks, got a cane creek xII headset (reduced from £99.99 to £45) and am now looking for a 20" ragley mmmbop frame.
got a bit carried away with the sales etc so it's turning into a new bike build, but it'll be worth it once it's finished 😀
soo, for roughly £600, this'll be the spec:
frame: Ragley Mmmbop
fork: Fox 32 Float RL
headset: Cane Creek X-II
stem: Deity (1.5" with a 31.8mm clamp)
bars: Fire-eye FE-318, white
grips: Superstar Supagrippa, blue with white lockrings
brakes: Avid Elixir R
crankset: Shimano SLX
front mech: Shimano SLX
rear mech: Shimano Deore (will be upgrading)
cassette: Shimano Deore (will be upgrading)
seatpost: FSA carbon
saddle: WTB Pure V 09 (i think.. :P)
rims: Alexrim DP17 (i think.. :P)
not bad for £600, eh? 😀