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Old 08-24-25 | 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by minivelomod
Anyone know of any replacement forks available? Might have messed up dropouts on mine
Originally Posted by GeezyRider
Sun bicycles used to sell recumbent bicycles with a 20 inch front fork that had a long steer tube. Perhaps they or their distributor, J&B Imports, would have one in their parts inventory.

Sun EZSport:
The problem with replacing a fork, is to find one with similar tire clearance, brake type, steer tube diameter and length, and also, geometry, as indicated in this example from wiki:

For example, that EZSport has very "laid back/slack" steering tube angle, which may have a corresponding offset/rake that will not work well with the more upright head tube angle on the minivelo. This all effects "trail/caster", which governs steering stability at speed, and wheel-flop when stopped. Plus the minivelos have really long head tubes, so you need a long fork steer tube, and hopefully you are using an aheadset setup so you don't need a threaded steer tube, but can just hack it off to the length you need and deburr the edge.

If you've got a Mercier Nano, try calling Bikes Direct, ask about a fork.

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