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Originally Posted by
tricky
What's ya'lls opinion on doing this on a beefy vintage mountain bike fork? My friend has plans to do this. It's not something I would personally do but he's found examples of folks doing it on the internet and is pretty confident that it's no problem.
Don't do it. Those bosses on the fork are not rivnuts, they are brazed on so no hole is created, IIRC.
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