tange fork good or no good?

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bro my bud gave me a tange prestige fork still in the box how are they? keep it or e-bay it? cheers :beer:

[gdw]

Their rigid road and mountain forks are pretty good to excellent depending upon which tubing was used. The full suspension mountain forks were heavy and low tech compared to the competition. They were used on lower end mountain bikes and had problems with stiction.

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sorry bro I should have said it's a road fork.cheers :beer:

[Brian Smith]

If it's one of the chrome welded unicrown jobs, Ebay it; they're ubiquitous heavyish and mediocre, nothing worth cherishing, $45.
If it's a lugged crown version (they made lots of varieties) and looks good, then it's meant for your work bike or rain bike. $75.

how many runs today?

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Thanks bro it's a lugged one I'll take your advise and use it on my next work bike dude 12 tags one was 15 miles one way across the friendship trail to st pete pretty cool ride I do that one every friday thanks for askin.cheers :beer:

[Frank]

Some of the Tange forks have the less common 27.0 crown races as opposed to the more common 26.4.

[Ken Robb]

I think Tange Prestige was their top-line tubing that some consider the equal of anything from the era.

[Jeff N.]

I say slam-dunk it into the nearest appropriate recepticle. Jeff N.

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bro that would be the headtube of a steel lugged early 90's giant that goin into service soon as my next work bike stat dude thanks for the info bro. oh yeah check Dadoo might need your advise cheers :beer:

[vaxn8r]

I had a MTB fork made with Tange Prestige. Actually the entire bike was made of it. Prior to suspension it was as good as mountain bikes get. I'm guessing the fork isn't trash.

[Big Dan]

Fixed, I have a 92 Serotta Colorado LT(check gallery) made out of Tange Prestige.
I can tell you is a sweet bike. Actually I measure all my new bikes against it........Enjoy the fork..... :D

[dbrk]

Since it's the crowned road variety, I'd say this is pretty swell. I mean, it's not worth a lot, like Brian said, but it will ride really nicely on the right bike. Tange Prestige tubing on, say, a 1992 RB-1 with a Tange fork and Ritchey crown is one of the nicest riding bikes _ever_. Not expensive, not light by today's standards but a great ride because it was lovely tubing, affordable, and very, very smartly designed (the Bstone, that is).

dbrk