Carbon Fork
I have a 1997 lemond road bike. I would like to know if there is a carbon fork replacement option.?
Assuming your Lemond has a 1" quilled stem, I recently did a similar conversion myself.
Obviously, you'll need the following:
Carbon fork with 1 inch threadless steerer.
1" threadless stem, or 1 1/8th" threadless stem with a shim
1" threadless headset
You may be able to get away with using your old handlebar, but it might be a good time to look into a replacement.
Since threaded forks and quilled stems are so rare now, and the conversion to threadless is so easy, there's no reason not to do it.
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