Rigid fork on aluminum frame?
08-08-05 | 06:03 PM
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Rigid fork on aluminum frame?
Like it says, will an aluminum frame hold up with something like a Surly 1x1 rigid steel fork if I take it to the singletrack every once in a while? Mostly a commuter. Oh, I aint light ,(215-20).
08-08-05 | 06:12 PM
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I believe Raiyn Put that fork on his commuter, and has nothing but good things to say about it. I honestly can't see why it would be a problem, I think suspension forks put more torque on the frame than a rigid fork does.
08-09-05 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by joelsp
I believe Raiyn Put that fork on his commuter, and has nothing but good things to say about it.
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08-09-05 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by PoorBehavior
Like it says, will an aluminum frame hold up with something like a Surly 1x1 rigid steel fork if I take it to the singletrack every once in a while? Mostly a commuter. Oh, I aint light ,(215-20).
08-09-05 | 11:45 AM
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My Scott Sub 10 comes as standard with an aluminium frame and a rigid aluminium fork
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08-09-05 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by matheprat
Do you think Aluminium frames are made of cheese or something? You honestly thought that every single Aluminium frame on the market comes with a suspension fork?
The frame is only two or three years old, and as far as I know, no engineer sat around running extra calculations to see how the head tube would hold up if someone took a $250 off the shelf diamondback and decided to slap on a solid steel fork and hit some single track.
Thats why I decided to ask.
I mean what is the worst that can happen, some guy flames you for asking a question in a forum? I can live with that.
08-09-05 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by gastro
Can you defend this statement?
08-09-05 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by joelsp
I don't know. It just seems like there is more strain on the headtube when a suspension fork is in place. I kind of noticed that as suspension forks became more and more popular some years ago, the head tube sections of bikes became gussetted more and more, I figured this was because suspension forks are succeptable to a bit of twisting and things, and so they put more strain ont he headtube.
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08-10-05 | 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by PoorBehavior
The frame is only two or three years old, and as far as I know, no engineer sat around running extra calculations to see how the head tube would hold up if someone took a $250 off the shelf diamondback and decided to slap on a solid steel fork and hit some single track.
