Serotta frame ID

[Catfart]

Originally Posted by oliver1850

Pretty sure that's the original fork.

Thought the first pic showed a silver fork with Serotta decals.

great, If shaft turns out long enuff I will let powder coat it like the frame, hoping it is a common RAL color

The silver fork is aluminium and has no affiliation to serotta, I got a set of Serotta replica decals. I just used to make it rideable.

[Catfart]

Originally Posted by oliver1850

What is the material(s) of the 2nd fork?

good question...
sounds bit different.. could be aluminium

weight
1st 617g
2nd 525g

[thwart]

Originally Posted by Catfart

guod question...
sounds bit different.. could be aluminium

weight
1st 617g
2nd 525g

That actually looks like a vintage F1 Serotta fork, which was their first attempt at a carbon fork.

Yes, the first fork in the photos above is the original TG fork. You may not like the way it looks, but it rides just fine...

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Originally Posted by thwart

That actually looks like a vintage F1 Serotta fork, which was their first attempt at a carbon fork.

Yes, the first fork in the photos above is the original TG fork. You may not like the way it looks, but it rides just fine...

Thanks... it has 177mm shaft... I fear it will not be enuff with my 6400 headset of 36mm stack. Edit says: it IS long enuff for 36mm headset!

I will try to find out if there is a color match possible, when RAL color was used, it should, and let the fork powder coat. if not matching color possible cause it's no ral color... I will give it a loud orange... like the dutch racing colors, ultramarin+orange.

when too short for the headset, I'll keep the silver fork for riding, and if I ever sell I sell it with the unicrown.

and when my 30 days are done, there will be a F1 Serotta fork and a pantographed 120 mm 3ttt stem stem available

Is that fork really a carbon fork? How to find out really? The F1 fork I can find is not 1" threaded so...

[oliver1850]

This fork looks like it might be steel. There's a vent hole near the tip that wouldn't be there on an F1. Try a magnet on the legs and crown.

[Catfart]

Originally Posted by oliver1850

This fork looks like it might be steel. There's a vent hole near the tip that wouldn't be there on an F1. Try a magnet on the legs and crown.

only the shaft is a little magnetic

[David Kirk]

I think the fork is a Kinesis aluminum with a steel steerer.


dave

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Originally Posted by David Kirk

I think the fork is a Kinesis aluminum with a steel steerer.


dave

I second that... feels and sounds like this...

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another Question came up...

I saw a blue Colorado TG in an ad in germany. Good, because it had nice pics... so i saved them for later to place the ev. new decals correct...

I saw that it had a Tange Prestige tubeset sticker. Point is, i can nowhere find a Serotta-Tange Prestige sticker like that. not at the typical decal supplier and not in the net. Where all TG Tange Prestige or are there TG out of different tubesets?

[oliver1850]

Pretty sure the TG was always Tange, as was the lugged Colorado LT. I haven't seen the decal anywhere but if you can get good pics of one you might get one made. I would probably use one of the Colorado decals that doesn't say Reynolds or Columbus, like this one:

https://www.velocals.com/colorado-serotta-cc-decal/

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on the sticker, sticking on the TG, is written LT