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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Originally Posted by Swampthing
....old salvaged MTB. short head tube......
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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Originally Posted by mrv
"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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Originally Posted by Dylansbob
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.
and the length looks good.
06-15-21, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by smoothness
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?
I went from nothing to having to look and make choices.
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Originally Posted by mrv
"straight legs?" - a straight fork?...did bike builders do that with fully rigid MTBs with 26in wheels?
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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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Originally Posted by mrv
"straight legs?" - a straight fork? that I do not have. did bike builders do that with fully rigid MTBs with 26in wheels?
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Yea, thats kind what Im going for.
an old school mountain bike/ klunker kind of bike just for fun and pretending Im 12 again.
an old school mountain bike/ klunker kind of bike just for fun and pretending Im 12 again.
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Originally Posted by Swampthing
Yea, thats kind what Im going for.
an old school mountain bike/ klunker kind of bike just for fun and pretending Im 12 again.
an old school mountain bike/ klunker kind of bike just for fun and pretending Im 12 again.
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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Originally Posted by thumpism
Not uncommon in the late '80s. Nishiki comes to mind.
Didnt Haro make some like that where the chain and wheels could come off without breaking the chain?
I want that frame.
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Originally Posted by Swampthing
Didnt Haro make some like that where the chain and wheels could come off without breaking the chain?
I want that frame.
I want that frame.
