Tire rubs inside of fork crown! WTF?!?
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08-04-14, 10:31 PM
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This is the best that the search feature has to offer lol.
I'm in the same situation with a beater bike I picked up would it be fine to use a punch or c clamps to make some room?
I'm in the same situation with a beater bike I picked up would it be fine to use a punch or c clamps to make some room?
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I think this is a very worthwhile thread.
And as long as you're just talking about filing away the last couple mm of a steerer tube that sticks down from the underside of the fork crown by that much, I say "have at it." I've seen a lot of forks like that, but I'm usually a smaller-tires kinda guy, so I've never been tempted to do it myself.
And as long as you're just talking about filing away the last couple mm of a steerer tube that sticks down from the underside of the fork crown by that much, I say "have at it." I've seen a lot of forks like that, but I'm usually a smaller-tires kinda guy, so I've never been tempted to do it myself.
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5 year old thread continued like it was 20 minutes ago??
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Back when this thread was started I did some cleanup with a file on the bottom of my Gitane crown. Whoever put 27 inch wheels on it roughly tried to make a little extra clearance. I cleaned it up to a nice concave radius, polished it down and painted it. Voila.
08-05-14, 05:18 PM
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related issue i experienced recently:
put 27" wheels on a '73 peugeot that originally had 700c wheels. the replacement fork it came with is for a 27" wheel. it all works fine, but i can't mount/dismount the rear with it being fully inflated as the tire hits the little bridge behind the bb shell. tires are the smallest paselas offered -- 1".
kinda weird.
put 27" wheels on a '73 peugeot that originally had 700c wheels. the replacement fork it came with is for a 27" wheel. it all works fine, but i can't mount/dismount the rear with it being fully inflated as the tire hits the little bridge behind the bb shell. tires are the smallest paselas offered -- 1".
kinda weird.
08-05-14, 05:41 PM
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not really 27" wheels are bigger than 700c
