I always like the springer fork. I had one as a kid on an old cruiser I used to deliver papers with. Years later I picked up a Del Sol for the Mrs with a springer that was super nice but she fell in love with a Panama Jack Huffy so it went away.

What I’m looking for is a Springer for my Electra 7d and I don’t want to lose the front brakes. I would imagine trying to slow from 30 mph with just a rear rim brake is a no go. Electra used to make one years ago but it was A) brakeless and B) seemingly a unicorn as I’ve never found one.

So I’ve been looking at the Monark, both the type 1 and 2. USA made And the company makes a disk brake adapter ( the eBay ones look very cheesy and I’m a heavier guy so I’d I’ll pay a little more for a good one. So a Fork, adapter, replacement hub and disk, having it replaced with black spokes and a nice Shimano Hydro disk setup. I’m guessing about $350 ish for parts and having the wheel built and having the brakes cut and bled, Part of me would love to electrify it but that’s another project all together.

Type 2


Disk adapter


type 1



I could use a drum brake wheel and save the cost of the disk adapter and the hydro brakes but I need to take the front wheel in and off a lot to transport the bike so the Disk option seems better, but it would look cool and retro.

So now the questions.

Any one do this on the Newer Cruisers? I would love to see some pics if you have. The Electras have a long head tube so I’ll have to measure I imagine to see if they even fit, This was the issue before with my C1 trying to find a springer.

Any thoughts, comments, finger pointing etc. let it rip.