any one know where you can get them cheap?

a mate is after a set of plain black carbon UD finish ones – but all of the china carbon ones i can find are straight 1&1/8th.

if china doesn’t do them on ebay then I am guessing there’s no bargain source unless he wants SH.

yeah – thats what i’m thinking – it seems you can get a tapered 29er fork for less than £80 but not a road one for less than £150….

Pretty small market I’d have thought.

just check what kind of taper – some are 1 1/4 lower bearing, whereas others are 1 1/2 inch.

Pretty small market I’d have thought.

you’ll be suprised – more and more modern road bikes are getting tapered head tubes – the mate in question bought this….

but didnt check the spec…. 🙄

This looks like what you need $75 USD:
http://www.e-hongfu-bikes.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=71&products_id=220

Have a chat with them on Skype to double check but the review says its 1.5″ lower.

exactly what hes after – thanks!!