Sorted I need a fork, I need many things, I digress.

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

A long shot, I need a steel fork with 1 1/8" straight steerer, minimum 250mm length, 375mm a-c, with mudguard eyes. Paint condition irrelevant. A straight blade even better, a Kona straight blade would be orgasmic

 

[winjohn]

Not asking for much Bob!!!
I have a Tange with 250 steerer, but 395 a-c. What is 375 for, 24 inch wheels?
I have been looking forever for a 250mm steerer P2, never seen one.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Not asking for much Bob!!!
I have a Tange with 250 steerer, but 395 a-c. What is 375 for, 24 inch wheels?
I have been looking forever for a 250mm steerer P2, never seen one.

I did say a long shot Let me re check the ac. Hold your fork I may have got it wrong

 

[winjohn]

Thankfully the rarity of the Kona option may save us the thought of seeing you "orgasimic".

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Definitively 375mm ac it's for a Dawes clubman with a carbon fork. Paint is bubbling on the alloy crown and I don't fancy my fat ar*e chances, 57mm drop brakes takes 28mm tyres and mudguards.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Some 90s 700s were as short as 370, but often won't take a tyre over 23mm

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Some 90s 700s were as short as 370, but often won't take a tyre over 23mm

I wondered about clearance, I'm going to run 25s and mudguards. This is around 2010 still an external headset.

 

[bikeworkshop]

An outline of the reason for their rarity, for any readers unaware of this period of design-

A lot of the (often chrome) steel straight forks with the cast crown are generally inch threaded.
The cast crown can be very shallow.

By the time inchandaneighth was popular in road, brazed up forks with steel lugs had fallen out of fashion, unicrown was more popular, but with a corresponding requirement for more structure, pushing a-c up towards 400.

 

[Takingabreak]

You might not want to spend this much but I used a thorn / sjs fork on my clubman.

One of these might work, what's 5mm a-c between friends

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/forks/46-700c-thorn-audax-mk3-r-steel-fork-blue/

They also have it available in black

 

[novocaine]

I'll take a look tonight. unlikely to be a straight blade though. assuming V or canti mounts rather than caliper or disc?