Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

[Alistair]

Originally Posted by tellyho

New fork = $200? Maybe ask for that?

Hand made from a quality builder? More like $400+ for a unicrown. More for lugged with custom paint.

[OtayBW]

Assuming that the bike has a 72° HTA, with a 45 mm rake, you're looking at a trail of 64. With a 77 mm rake, trail is ~30. No bueno.....IMO....

[tellyho]

Originally Posted by Alistair

Hand made from a quality builder? More like $400+ for a unicrown. More for lugged with custom paint.

I was assuming Soma. Agree that a handmade fork is more $400ish

[Nomadmax]

Save yourself some time, money and aggravation. Send it back.

[ColonelJLloyd]

Originally Posted by donevwil

i'm guessing this is the frameset to which you were considering adding a steerer extender? Seems like quite a few issues in general (fit, damage), unless you got a screaming deal and like to tinker i'd return it.

+1

[Lewis Moon]

The seller is giving me a partial refund. I'm going to have Steve Garro from Coconino Cycles build a replacement.
Part of the bummer is I based some of the gear purchases on what I thought was whacked out geometry... turns out that if you add 4 cm of rake to a fork but keep the same AtC measurement, all the angles get steeper and the head tube gets lower. The Hover bars and the IRD wayback post are now overkill.
I really didn't think a bent fork could be so symmetrical. Sheesh.