Phil's offer of just sending them to him , seemed straight forward
Two way postage has got to be cheaper then messing up a £20 plus Tioga headset or considering buying your own dye
Sounds like your local bike shop are a bit clueless ,if they can't sort a threading issue
Good luck , don't chuck in the towel yet
I know what youre saying ....it would have been easier to do the two way postage thing.
The bike shop are pretty clued up but yesterday he was reluctant to do it incase he damaged the thread, however....he did say to me that if i find out for sure that these were originally made with a 24tpi die then he would run his down it.
So he basically sent me away to do more homework.....Im pretty sure by now that 2Hip wouldnt have used anything other than a 24tpi die and that it stands a chance that the original thread wasnt cut deep enough. These forks were some of the very first made so it really wouldnt suprise me going by other issues that people have faced when building them lol.