Threadless to Threaded Conversion?
11-30-06 | 07:36 PM
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Threadless to Threaded Conversion?
Hey guys and gals... Just a quick question. Is it possible/practical to convert a bike that accepts a threadless fork to accept a threaded fork?... I'm wondering because there are plenty of cheap frames out there that I really like except that most take a threadless type fork ( I prefer threaded ). Thanks for any help
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11-30-06 | 07:42 PM
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Only if it's 1" threadless.
11-30-06 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by el twe
Only if it's 1" threadless.
Yes. Forgot that.
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11-30-06 | 08:01 PM
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I thought some MTBs did back in some day.
11-30-06 | 08:28 PM
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https://www.amazon.com/Gila-T6-80mm-2.../dp/B000FIIZ9K
You can put this on your bike.
Googling for a good while didn't turn up a lot. Check out Harris Cyclery/ask Sheldon Brown if anything.
You can put this on your bike.
Googling for a good while didn't turn up a lot. Check out Harris Cyclery/ask Sheldon Brown if anything.
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11-30-06 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by lbthomps
if the frame is a 1 1/8 good luck finding a threaded fork that will fit it....other than that, what hyper said
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12-01-06 | 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by vomitron
Uh, just get your threadless fork threaded at a reputable LBS. Pick up a headset and a stem, and you're in business (albeit less stiff).
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12-01-06 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
Frames don't care if the headset is threaded or threadless, that's just a concern for the fork and stem.
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12-01-06 | 04:46 AM
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My verdict: Possible, but silly. About the worst "upgrade" you can do. If the frame is 1" and comes w/o fork, you don't actually need to do anything. Just get threaded stuff. If it comes with fork, you can 1) have the steerer threaded by a good shop if it's beefy enough. 2) have a framebuilder swap out the steerer for you. I'd recomend this over threading the existing one. 3) get a new fork
12-01-06 | 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by stevo
...about the best upgrade you can do IMO.
12-01-06 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by vomitron
Uh, just get your threadless fork threaded at a reputable LBS. Pick up a headset and a stem, and you're in business (albeit less stiff).
Originally Posted by lbthomps
all I was trying to say is that it would be a lot more difficult to find a 1 1/8 threaded fork for a track style bike unless you wanted to use a mtb fork...or maybe there is something that exists that i am unaware of
As things have turned out, there are basically two currently viable setups: 1" threaded and 1 1/8" threadless. Everything else is oddball and should be avoided if possible. The market place has spoken.
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12-01-06 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by p3ntuprage
didn't tandems use 1 1/8" threaded?
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12-01-06 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by stevo
...about the best upgrade you can do IMO.
Still, from every kind of practical, functional viewpoint threaded HS and quill stems are inferior to threadless. (Except for ease of adjusting height but even that's debatable.) In some respects, waaay inferior.
Last edited by LóFarkas; 12-01-06 at 03:04 PM.
