Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - fork threading

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sloppy robot
04-05-05, 07:30 PM
anyone know where i could get a fork cut annd threaded in l.a? i know ye olde lbs could do it.. the problem is the fork is chromed to the threads.. and the guy that sold it to me said thats really hard on the tool.. anyone know how to handle this situation? btw.. its a straight blade ciocc fork i got for 50 bucks.. from um.. i forget the name.. reporto corssa? sommething like that.. i can get it for you if you want.. they have straight and curved chrome 1 inch ciocc forks.. they nice..
there was a shop on beverly blvd that sold road bikes. not that far from rodeo drive. I. Martin import was the shop.Don't know if they are around.
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here you go/ http://www.imartin.com/default.aspx?cid=5
they moved but now have 5 locations.
Rev.Chuck
04-05-05, 07:57 PM
I hate cutting a chromed fork as it is very hard on the cutter(SHARPENING A CUTTER IS 35 TO 50 BUCKS) That said I will cut a threaded fork because so few people need it done anymore, might as well make somebody happy. :)
sloppy robot
04-05-05, 08:15 PM
well i wish you lived in l.a....if i get desperate maybe i can send it too you..it would make me really happy
Rev.Chuck
04-05-05, 08:43 PM
L.A. is huge, there has got to be a shop that will do it.
sloppy robot
04-05-05, 09:08 PM
cool.. thanks. youre right.. and if they say its hard on the tool i can say "whens the next time youre going to be threading a 1 inch fork?" and theyll do it for the nostalgia
prodigal son
04-05-05, 09:59 PM
Maybe Bill Ron's in Redondo Beach or Bicycle John in Burbank. just my 2 cents
this is a decent place to ask this, i suppose... is it possible to have a 1" threadless fork threaded? yes, i know that some people may think i'm dumb for doing it, but that aside.. can it be done?
junioroverlord
04-05-05, 10:02 PM
There is absolutely nowhere in LA to get that fork threaded..Nope no one will do it, so you might as well hand it over to me and I'll destory it for you....and by destroy I mean put it on my bike.
BostonFixed
04-05-05, 10:04 PM
this is a decent place to ask this, i suppose... is it possible to have a 1" threadless fork threaded? yes, i know that some people may think i'm dumb for doing it, but that aside.. can it be done?
I think that is the gist of what the OP wants to do...and find a location where this threading would occurr.
baxtefer
04-05-05, 10:07 PM
didn't inkdwheels just have a fork ruined by someone who was trying to thread it?
junioroverlord
04-05-05, 10:08 PM
If its too long you can always use spacers.
BostonFixed
04-05-05, 10:09 PM
didn't inkdwheels just have a fork ruined by someone who was trying to thread it?
Actually it was shiznaz.
if my bike shop ****s up my threading, they will be buying me a new fork. cannot say i'd mind too much, heh.
sloppy robot
04-05-05, 10:29 PM
I think that is the gist of what the OP wants to do...and find a location where this threading would occurr.
no its a threaded fork.. i just want to thread it furthur and cut it..
sloppy robot
04-05-05, 10:31 PM
There is absolutely nowhere in LA to get that fork threaded..Nope no one will do it, so you might as well hand it over to me and I'll destory it for you....and by destroy I mean put it on my bike.
jr. ... i have a curved chrome ciocc fork that he sent by mistake.. im going to send it backl.. but im sure hed let me buy it instead.. its 50 bucks..super nice.. he was nice annd put the 2nd in the mail before i returned it
baxtefer
04-05-05, 10:50 PM
Actually it was shiznaz.
oops my bad ink1373, not inkdwheels, or shiznaz
junioroverlord
04-06-05, 12:10 AM
jr. ... i have a curved chrome ciocc fork that he sent by mistake.. im going to send it backl.. but im sure hed let me buy it instead.. its 50 bucks..super nice.. he was nice annd put the 2nd in the mail before i returned it
Its a sweet fork and I'm really tempted to buy it from ya, but right now money's tight and I'd have to put it on another bike considering I have shunned chrome in favor of black for my current ride. Good looking out though. Thanks.
Shiznaz
04-06-05, 07:50 AM
yeah it was me. The fork is still good to use threadless, but the threads I paid to have put on there stripped in about a month :mad:
Rev.Chuck
04-06-05, 09:04 AM
I would not thread a threadless steerer. The wall thickness is not enough to support the threads.
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