WTB 1” fork for 26” wheels.
06-15-21, 08:27 AM
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WTB 1” fork for 26” wheels.
I am Replacing an old suspension fork on an old salvaged MTB. short head tube.
looking for Rider quality, it does not have to be pretty, but I prefer straight legs with clearance for 2.15s or so.
Thanks
looking for Rider quality, it does not have to be pretty, but I prefer straight legs with clearance for 2.15s or so.
Thanks
06-15-21, 01:21 PM
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"straight legs?" - a straight fork? that I do not have. did bike builders do that with fully rigid MTBs with 26in wheels?
here's what I do got:
are you able to cut & thead a longer steerer tube?
this frame cracked around the bottombrack and started to tear the seat tube and down tube. so it's hanging in my garage.
i cut the fork crown down for a new headset. (you know..... before the frame broke..... not. like i put a new headset in a broken frame..... just to clarify....)
for an extra million American dollars I can probably include the head set pictured.....
cheers.
here's what I do got:
are you able to cut & thead a longer steerer tube?
this frame cracked around the bottombrack and started to tear the seat tube and down tube. so it's hanging in my garage.
i cut the fork crown down for a new headset. (you know..... before the frame broke..... not. like i put a new headset in a broken frame..... just to clarify....)
for an extra million American dollars I can probably include the head set pictured.....
cheers.
06-15-21, 01:49 PM
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"straight legs?" - a straight fork? that I do not have. did bike builders do that with fully rigid MTBs with 26in wheels?
here's what I do got:
are you able to cut & thead a longer steerer tube?
this frame cracked around the bottombrack and started to tear the seat tube and down tube. so it's hanging in my garage.
i cut the fork crown down for a new headset. (you know..... before the frame broke..... not. like i put a new headset in a broken frame..... just to clarify....)
for an extra million American dollars I can probably include the head set pictured.....
cheers.
here's what I do got:
are you able to cut & thead a longer steerer tube?
this frame cracked around the bottombrack and started to tear the seat tube and down tube. so it's hanging in my garage.
i cut the fork crown down for a new headset. (you know..... before the frame broke..... not. like i put a new headset in a broken frame..... just to clarify....)
for an extra million American dollars I can probably include the head set pictured.....
cheers.
Does the million dollar headset make my cadence better or give me the ability to avoid obstacles I do not know are there?
if so that may be of interest as well, maybe a partial trade? I may have some chainrings and brakes guaranteed to make you go faster, or slower, kind of randomly, those might be worth 500k or so.
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What length steerer?
I'm going to be offering this one up soon. ~129mm steerer.
I'm going to be offering this one up soon. ~129mm steerer.
06-15-21, 04:36 PM
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I have several 559 forks of various steerer lengths; most are tange/better, and at least one of them has mid-blade eyelets for racks. LMK?
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Those look cool.
the head tube is 12cm without the cups.
the head tube is 12cm without the cups.
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and Diamondback
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Yea, that’s kind what I’m going for.
an old school mountain bike/ klunker kind of bike just for fun and pretending I’m 12 again.
an old school mountain bike/ klunker kind of bike just for fun and pretending I’m 12 again.
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drop me a note if the purple fork is of interest. looks like you have a lot of straight forks to choose from.
enjoy!
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Haro and Nishiki (Alien and some years of the Ariel) made enough that you might find one. Alpinestars is less well known but also did an elevated chainstays bike. Good luck!
