dldavis said:
I have a classic Bianchi road bike (bought new...much emotional attachment), approx 18 years old in great shape. I would like to upgrade the handlebars, front stem and fork to carbon to soften vibration. Ditto for the seatpost. I am uncertain as to a resource for the parts. Any thoughts for a supplier?
eBay ...
At this point in time, the most difficult component to source may be a carbon fiber fork which has a
1" steerer ...
Of course, you could always ask your "local" (?) Bianchi dealer to order the fork that Bianchi is using on their retro
Dolomiti frame -- the fork is presumably made by Dedacciai. I would think that you should anticipate paying $300+ for THAT fork, but maybe it will only cost a couple of hundred.
FWIW. My observation is that changing from a good steel fork to a (good) carbon fiber fork does nothing for the way the road feels, or doesn't ...
In other words, when I changed the surprisingly good carbon steel fork on my Peugeot to a threaded LOOK carbon fiber fork the only thing that changed was the bike's total weight -- net change was probably about a pound.
Nonetheless, even though changing from a good steel to a CF fork does not change the ride, I subsequently changed the fork on my OLMO to a
threadless CF fork because of the weight difference + greater ease in sourcing different length stems and/or handlebars.
For aesthetic reasons (well, my preference), I recommend you get a Campagnolo CF seatpost.