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not resolvedHi All,
A good friend and I are doing a tour from John O Groats south in a couple of weeks, now he's just got a new Specialized Tricross which, whilst lovely. has a carbon front fork unsuitable for clamping a rack/lowrider to.
Question is, does anyone have an old pair of steel forks which he could buy/borrow and fit for the trip?
Cheers, :)
Sumdge,
if you can't find anything, there's a whole row of the things for sale at the Bike Station.
You might get difficulty in fitting an old (1", threaded) fork onto a modern (i.e. 1 1/8", unthreaded) bike though. Also, the profile of old steel forks is completely different from the modern carbon ones. I'm really not sure if anything old will be compatible, without completely screwing up the geometry of the bike. Then there's the old problem of brake bosses being in the correct places...
Sorry to be pessimistic! I think you might have more luck with a new alloy CX fork. You might even get one with mudguard eyelets to help with mounting the lowrider.
On the other hand I have heard of people using a front rack on carbon forks.
E.g.
http://www.oldmanmountain.com/Pages/Galleries/GalleryCustomerPhotos.html
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"I received my Sherpa front rack this week, and mounted it onto my Giant OCR-1 (blade-shaped carbon-fibre forks), using the hardware kit you supplied. It all fit fine, thanks! Photo attached."
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Good info thanks chaps, it's why I thought I'd ask on here ;-)
B-D
"it's why I thought I'd ask on here"
Are there other places with faster, more reliable, responses??
Also, a friend of mine is recently back from a Hebrides tour, front and rear panniers on a carbon forked bike.
Photo of the bike, fully laden, here:
http://thewheelabout.blogspot.com/2011/04/west-coast-tour-day-1.html
@Kaputnik, you are a genius !
My old claude butler (previous owner never heard of grease)steel framed singlespeed has an alu stem adapter, which has corroded to the extent that it is immovable (tried everything short of crystal therapy - really !).
Wasnt a problem for the bar height etc, but crown bearings need serviced soon so I need to do something.
Was thinking through last night, and reckon the only option left is to saw off the stem, allowing whats left (fork and corroded stem)to drop out the bottom.
I didnt really want to do this, but your TBS idea might make life a whole heap simpler for me if I can get a 1" threaded one.
High 5 to you :-)
There's loads on the shelf to the right of the till desk. Some really nice "proper" traditional brazed ones and plenty of (slightly) more modern steel and alloy MTB types, 1" threaded and 1 1/8" non threaded. I'm sure you will find one to fit.
I take it that you have already tried the Bike Station? Pretty sure you could find something there.
Hi all, it was me that smudge was asking for. thanks for the advice. i have just tried to attach the rack i have and was looking for advice if it would work without damaging the bike.
it wont upload my picture now..
the rack is bolted on using the wheel mount and the mudgard mount. smudge has a set of fork fittings that i would use to stabalise the racks. (if this is not clear i do have a picture)
would it be ok to use the wheel quick relese to support the rack and panniers?
any advice or comments welcomed
Bump!
jnatt and smudge - I suppose it is possible to use the QR, bt not very handy if you get a puncture?
p-clips, or some variant is what you want - google it, and there are loads on the web.
Alternatively, the bike station has them, or EBC if you want to buy new.
Hope the wind calms for your trip.......
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