Did they literally file the fork until it would fit that crown race?
I know crown race cutters and reamers aren’t cheap, but also that’s why you go to a bike shop. So they can do shit that you can’t. Like use a crown race cutter and/or headtube reamer.
Maybe I’m being a bike shop snob, but I guess I do want my mechanic to be a snob about what tools they are willing to use to make irreversible changes to my frame and fork.
Ive been known to Dremel out crown races to get em on a 27.0 fork but I’ll be damned if the actual fork crown has gotten the file treatment
seconding/thirding/whatevering everyone; I’ll do janky shit like that when I’m doing my own work to a beater bike I own when I don’t have the right tool, but at least if you’re a tinkerer or aspiring tinkerer the whole point of bringing the thing to a shop is so they will use the right tool and get things right when doing the thing that can possibly fuck up your frame/fork.
Yeah, nobody fucks up my fork with a file but me.
Those people are bad people Raph
I’ll definitely see how it all goes, though I’m not rushing to take it to a different shop to take it back apart, have them ream it right and put it back together.
In the interim I am debating whether or not I should blow $110 for 26x2.1 gravel kings for this thing, as the Mach SSs on it do not seem long for this world.
Re: headset. Headset is fine if it’s fine. It’s an old bike, it’s fine.
Re: tires. For that money, I’d shop around. I’m sure there’s other good choices that don’t come from the panaracer factory.
gravel kings are not worth $110/pair. i dont know what the answer is but i dont think its GK
someone here is sitting on a stockpile of sweet 26" tires, im certain of it
dth or gtfo
that was my first recommendation, but those Michelins are like $20 a tire.
I put a set on those Michelins on my niece’s bike and they are 
The 26" nice but cheap tire street-ish selection has gotten absolutely hammered lately , I’m building up an old Diamond Back for my nephew and it took me several days to find something decent that wasn’t over $40.
Tarck was all about the Small Block 8, before. I bet the Michelin tires are supple, though.
You guys got this all wrong… He absolutely needs SWIFTTIRE RIPP JOHNSON JRs
I actually put these on my girlfriend’s bike. She doesn’t ride far or fast and they have been perfect for that. I can provide no other feedback except the price is right.
I like my 26 SB8s, schwalbe rapid robs, and powerblocks obvi.
I like the Michelin because of the logo.
But also the kevlar bead versions do seem supple, if one can figure out how to get exactly that version and not the wire bead from the mystery ebay vendors selling these tires.
Michelin should make an all white tire with knobs that look like those hot coco mini marshmallows
I don’t see those on eBay anymore from US sellers 
looks like the 1,95 is the léger version
https://bike.michelin.com/en/products/michelin-country-trail
Probably impossible to find!
I kinda hate these TBH
