Originally Posted by
splithub
Hello,
i'm satisfied with the Java, i bought the frame only and built it up for my purposes, it's light and stiff.
With long shaft i mean the upper tube of the fork, which is 110 or 120mm long on Dahon Bikes. There are forks available with 400mm or more. In between the headset and the (then normal A-Head-) stem is a long Carbon spacer. You lose the folding stem and it's weight.
I would keep the cassette & derailleur cause it's too expensive for the saved grams. You might check how long the cables really have to be and shorten, they look very long.
Yeah I was thinking of only buying the frame also. How light is your Java?
So with the fork... I would LOVE to ditch the folding handle stem, but I am clueless on bike mechanics. For the fork would I have to cut it myself? Or is there a certain size I should buy? Also they seem to be for different wheel sizes/brakes. Would I need to be changing brakes also if I buy a 451 fork?
Then the handle stem, what kind of handle stem does this open up for me? What should I be googling?
//lost lol