Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Just a way to fit a mudguard ?, on those fattys I note there is a bolt
into the end of the fork steerer...
I think that "bolt" is actually a schrader valve to pup up the air suspension (not 100% sure though)
Originally Posted by
BCRider
I don't believe that head shox will take a plug up the end of the steer tube. The suspension is in the head tube after all.
The canti studs on the fork on the left look like they unscrew. If so you can make up a plate adapter that looks similar to an old style brake booster. Or for that matter if you can find an old brake booster you could use it as your arch over the tire to mount your fender onto. I believe that once the studs come out the thread on the studs and in the holes is something like 8-1.25. Just find a couple of short bolts and cut them to the length you need to mount the brake booster or booster like arch you make up from some plate aluminium.
The good news is that 1/8 or 3/16 aluminium cuts just fine with a wood cutting jigsaw. Then file or sand down the rough edges and you've got a fender mount arch.
I may be remembering wrongly but weren't the Headshox setups 1.25 inch? Does your Hooligan have that big a head tube?
Cheers - the Brake Booster was what I was trying to remember - as for the head tube diameter, I currently do not know if it is 1 1/8 or 1 1/4 - I have emailed Cannondale to ask.
I may have to go the route of "normal" suspension, which will make these questions irrelevant, if the tube is too narrow.
Originally Posted by
jimc101
Not too sure why you asked about the mudguards, as you have answered this question yourself; you really have answered the Q about the headshok as well.
For the headshok you haven't said what model year bike you have, but if it's the white one as in the link, that sure looks like a 1 1/8th headtube, no sign of suspension there like you mention tho, so unless you want the frame cut and re-welded with a new headtube, a headshok is never going to happen.
If you really want a Headshok, you need to be looking for a bike with it factory installed, they never really were aftermarket forks, have you looked at the Badboy range bikes, some of the MY2011 had this as standard.
Maybe I worded the original question wrong, but I wasn't asking about the mudguards in relation to the current bike (which is the 2009 model BTW)
Originally Posted by
CaptCarrot
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The forks currently have disc brake mounts and a central mounting hole for a front reflector or caliper brakes. This is ok as I can suspend the mudguard from this mounting point.
However, I am considering retro-fitting a set of headshok forks. ...
My question was concerning finding something to adapt the v-brake bosses to aid putting a mudguard on a headshok fork - the brake booster mentioned above was what I was trying to remember.
All this is dependent on a Headshok fork being able to fit in the first place, for which I am awaiting an answer from Cannondale
Re: the Bad Boy - I had considered these, I really wanted a
2009 Trekking Prestige but they are no longer available ANYWHERE. - Strangely they have somehow managed to mount mudguard and front dynamo light to the fork crown but they are also 28" forks, not 26".
But I have the Hooligan, and I am very happy with it. Just looking at what I can do with it.