1” to 1”1/8 tapered carbon forks!

sethpistol

Dirt Disciple
As the title suggests I’ve randomly managed to get my hands on a pair of Time carbon forks that somehow have a 1 /8 race built into the carbon layup but a 1” steerer tube! The frame they need to go into is standard 1” and ideally I need to use a 1” record headset but the bottom cup internal diameter is too narrow for the fork at the base. Any ideas on what I should do? Thinking of reaming the inside of the cup or getting a 1 1/8 bottom cup and narrowing it to fit 1”....
 
Re:

I saw someone who did a 1" to 1 1/8" conversion on a MTB, but it looked awful.

He took apart 1" headset, cut of the straight piece of the cups, welded two shells that fit the headtube to it and put the new "cups" on the outside of the headtube.

Yeah, it was as bad as it sounds. But apparently it worked. Let me see if I find a picture.
 
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