This fork came on a 1986-7 Mountain Klein I picked up a couple years back. I assumed it was a stock Klein fork and really didn't take a good look at it until yesterday. Turns out it's a fillet brazed fork - which is cool - but now I'd like to know who made it.
Guesses so far
- it's sorta like an early fat chance, but the bosses and crown are different
- could be an early Bontrager.
The brazing in the crown is pretty fine. Not as liberal as other forks I have seen. Pretty light to.
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Guesses so far
- it's sorta like an early fat chance, but the bosses and crown are different
- could be an early Bontrager.
The brazing in the crown is pretty fine. Not as liberal as other forks I have seen. Pretty light to.
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