HELP: Steering a HEAD down a TUBE
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Heya all! I'm new and do have a troubling Q...
Can I fit and use a FORK with 1" steer tube on a FRAME with 1 1/8" steer-head tube???
I hope my Q doesn't make me look or sound stupid
Oh well, what can you expect from a regular dad who's just trying to build one for my kid
Thank you...
Can I fit and use a FORK with 1" steer tube on a FRAME with 1 1/8" steer-head tube???
I hope my Q doesn't make me look or sound stupid
Oh well, what can you expect from a regular dad who's just trying to build one for my kid
Thank you...
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Chris King makes a "Devolution" headset that lets you do just this.
I have no idea how much it costs, or what the availability is like, but afaik, King headsets ain't cheap... Cost-wise, you end up better off just getting a correct-sized fork.
Also if you are trying to use a 1" fork with a _threaded_ steerer, you are probably just out of luck since the King headset is threadless.
I have no idea how much it costs, or what the availability is like, but afaik, King headsets ain't cheap... Cost-wise, you end up better off just getting a correct-sized fork.
Also if you are trying to use a 1" fork with a _threaded_ steerer, you are probably just out of luck since the King headset is threadless.
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That figures...
Nice! found this linky for so called "reducers" and uuugh!!! price ranges from $80s right up to thr $140s kinda steep.
There is that $18.95 sleeve reducer which got me thinking...
Can I just get that and get me a regular PIG or somethin??? Would that work?? What's the best thing to do?
Anyway, the FORK(1" S/T) that I have is an Enigma from Enigma Racing, which is threadless and I would really want to use it.
Help!!!
Nice! found this linky for so called "reducers" and uuugh!!! price ranges from $80s right up to thr $140s kinda steep.
There is that $18.95 sleeve reducer which got me thinking...
Can I just get that and get me a regular PIG or somethin??? Would that work?? What's the best thing to do?
Anyway, the FORK(1" S/T) that I have is an Enigma from Enigma Racing, which is threadless and I would really want to use it.
Help!!!
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I can't find anything in the J&B catalog, probably for good reason. The tubes are so close that you really can't make an effective adapter. The tolerances are too small. Cut your losses, sell the fork, and buy the proper size.
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
I can't find anything in the J&B catalog, probably for good reason. The tubes are so close that you really can't make an effective adapter. The tolerances are too small.
As for reducers, I've read a few details on them and it seem like the practice of reducing tube sizes goes way up to pro riding. Here's one I found...
As a prototype, the Sunday frame design has already chalked up one of the most incredible strings of race performances in recent memory. These wins include the Australian National DH Championship, US Open Championship, and Canadian National Championship for 2004, as well as a string of 10 consecutive World Cup and Norba podium finishes. Design features of the Sunday frame include: 8" travel dw-link rear suspension, 150 x 12mm hub spacing, 83mm BB, and 1.5" headtube with the e-thirteen zero-stack reducing headset. Geometry is tuned for use with the new breed of 8" travel DH race forks.
Looks like it works just fine.
Originally Posted by Expatriate
Cut your losses, sell the fork, and buy the proper size.
Thanks all, I'll just update you guys on how this thing works out.
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Originally Posted by ThEvil0nE
[snip] 1.5" headtube with the e-thirteen zero-stack reducing headset.
Does that make sense, or should I try again, and express it all in millimetres?
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
That's still twice the thickness of a reducer to go from 1 1/8" to 1", which at best would be around 1/16th.