Originally Posted by
dabac
So about 460 mm.
Does the bike have 26" or 29" wheels?
If it's a 29er/hybrid I had no trouble at all finding a rigid fork with a fitting length.
Yes, 460 mm. It has the big wheels, bigger than mountain bikes. I thought it is 28". Like 700 tyre (has written 700 x 38 C, or like 40 X 622).
Originally Posted by
dabac
Well, sure it is. But I'm betting there's a sus-corrected fork that'd fit it anyhow.
Rigid forks with 430 mm axle-to-crown are easily available. It'd be a bit of a drop, but IMO not enough to render the bike unrideable.
If 430 is standard, it isn't that much shorter than this setup, I think. I figure going to a bike shop and asking for 460 mm rigid for for 28" (or 29"?) tyre bike, with normal (v-brake) brakes would be the righ thing to do? If there aren't any such, I'll try 430 ones.
I mean, is it just me or this supended bike seems like the old stiff forked with an under inflated tyre? It sort of goes less fast.