> Hmmm. I wonder if Grant would sell a Legolas fork separately? Or are > they "oversized" as well as threadless?
But won't the angles be different? On Dec 23, 9:30 am, Atlantean <softlysoftlycatcheemon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cutting the threaded part off works just fine, if the steerer is long > enough. In the case of my fixie, I did find a few threadless forks on > eBay and such some time back, but I was having trouble even finding a > new threadless steerer that's long enough for a 25" frame. Typical > 9/8" threadless mountain bike forks come with 265mm steer tubes, but > 275 would work a lot better for me. Maybe when the hipsters all move > on to unicycles, I'll ride my fixie more, and it will seem worthwhile > to pay for the modification. The fork on the Merckx is a wild looking > thing with "aero" styled blades brazed into a custom crown, so I'd > like to keep it. Maybe I'll just get a chomoly stem that's the right > size and angle and clamp diameter. That's probably harder to find than > a threadless steel road fork. > > Hmmm. I wonder if Grant would sell a Legolas fork separately? Or are > they "oversized" as well as threadless? > > Is this question any less sensible than the whole 650b industry? Or > anything else we obsess about around here? I don't think so. Surely > it's more productive than yet another discussion of trail. > > On Dec 23, 7:39 am, "Frederick, Steve" <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> > wrote: > > > > > Perhaps a bit off the wall, but couldn't you buy a threaded fork with a too > > long steerer and cut the threaded bit off? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Atlantean > > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:02 AM > > To: RBW Owners Bunch > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Sam Hillborne geometry is up at RBW site! > > > From what I have seen, one-inch threadless forks of any description > > are pretty scarce. I have one bike in particular that I'd like to > > switch to threadless, but I haven't run across anything suitable. New > > uncut one inch threadless steel forks tend to be generic and the > > tubing is usually not specified. I looked into having the steer tube > > replaced, and like a lot of things it is fairly easy to have done but > > not cheap. It's not that big a deal on this particular bike, a Merckx > > I've converted to fixed, but I would like a stiffer front end. Out of > > the saddle mashing up a hill makes the M bar pretty floppy, even on an > > 80mm Dirt Drop all the way down in the fork. The Dirt Drops are great > > stems; the stiffest aluminum quill stems I've found. > > > I think it would be cool to have the option of threadless on a new > > Riv, kind of like the custom color option. Nickel plated fillet brazed > > or lugged stems would look really good on a Riv with a threadless > > setup. But then lots of things would be cool. > > > On Dec 22, 9:39 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > on 12/22/08 7:19 PM, CycloFiend at cyclofi...@earthlink.net wrote: > > > > > on 12/22/08 6:49 PM, JoelMatthews at joelmatth...@mac.com replied to: > > > > >>> lBut I don't want to start an argument over this, I just want to > > > >>> know whether I can get an Rivendell sells uncut forks for use with a > > > >>> 1" threadless headset - and if so, how long is the steerer. > > > > > with: > > > >> Grant could probably have Noblilette make you a threadless fork > > > >> custom. It would cost you no doubt - kind of defeating the purpose of > > > >> getting a Hillborne. You would probably be better off asking if there > > > >> is a Hillborne frame without a fork (I suppose one might break during > > > >> the voyage from Taiwan) and just buy a steel threadless fork from > > > >> Ben's Cycles or such outlet. > > > > > Actually, it may be simpler to order an appropriate threadless fork at > > > > the > > > > same time. The steerer tube is just set into the fork crown, and it > > > > could be > > > > just a matter of getting an unthreaded tube put in. That way, you have > > > > the > > > > dimension of fork blades that the bicycle was designed for. > > > > sorry - wasn't quite clear in this post. > > > > I meant that if you knew that's what you wanted, it would make sense to > > > try > > > to see if you could order it now, while the frames are being built. > > > > If there's a possibility, it's best pursued now while orders are being put > > > together and finalized. 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