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Old 02-20-17 | 04:46 PM
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Found FORKS!

Found some FORKS! It turns out that Wound Up has just about anything custom you could ever want. I ended up with their Road X forks. https://woundupcomposites.com/road-x-forks/road-x/ in 370 axle to crown and 45 rake, no logo, with shiny metal bits and eyelets. They cost about 3x what I wanted and about 2x what I was willing to spend. I'm telling myself a well timed performance bonus from work means I'm spending someone else's money.

I looked up the Tout Terrain, but just couldn't figure out how to get a fork minus the rest of a bike. Thank you for the suggestion though.

For the front, I've decided on a TRP Spyre caliper and 180mm IceTech disk (arriving today)
For the rear, R+E Cycles special patented canti brakes. (now in hand)

Yesterday, I spent a bunch of time with a 6oz per gallon Lye solution and some chromium phosphate polishing up some chain rings, (Shimano really anodizes pretty hard) and a (lot) of time with sand paper working the black paint off the Deore crank arms. There is still some work to do on the various bits, but it's hard to find anything from anywhere that's both new and *not* black.

Wheels are in the works, I can get by with a spare I have in the rear, but I didn't have any centerlock fronts in the garage, so one is getting laced up and will be ready in a week. Velocity A23's in a 28 & 32 hole pattern and Shimano hub. Hope RS4's and DT240's/350's are just stupid expensive and save in the range of 0 grams compared to Shimano at 1/6 the price. Roadside serviceability of ball and cone all the way!

Oh, and Prizmatic Illusion Lime is being applied by Seattle powdercoat this week.
Prismatic Illusion Lime by Richard Mozzarella, on Flickr

So all, I guess things are coming together, I'll get actual pics edited in soon.
Dropout extension & canti studs by Richard Mozzarella, on Flickr

chainstay/seatstay braces by Richard Mozzarella, on Flickr

Cablestops/waterbottle boss by Richard Mozzarella, on Flickr
Aaron

Originally Posted by fietsbob
IDK the rake But Tout Terrain of Germany makes a very nice Disc brake fork.
to adapt to the differing forces on the 2 sides The left blade tubing diameter is Larger than the right.

Its long bladed so their frames can use a suspension Fork, and so a 700c touring wheel or a 29" will fit.

See Peter White Cycles He nailed down the US Import of them.

Last edited by base2; 09-09-20 at 06:55 AM. Reason: Here's some pre-powder pics
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