Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Alt Bike Culture
Reload this Page >

Old school chopper fork extenders

Notices
Alt Bike Culture Chopped, dropped, stretched, lifted, and otherwise cut up and put back together. The art and science of choppers, cruisers, lowriders and the vast world of mutant bicycles.

Old school chopper fork extenders

Old 04-20-11, 12:01 PM
  #1  
pwhallon
Senior Member
Thread Starter
 
pwhallon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Euharlee, GA
Posts: 81

Bikes: 2009 Novara Safari

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Old school chopper fork extenders

Okay, I know they were cheezy and dangerous, but I want to reproduce a chopper bike I built when I was a kid.

Remeber the 3 foot chrome fork extenders that bolted on.

Are any of them still out there? I have ebayed, googles etc. Can't find any.

Please let me know if any of you have seen a set of these for sale. I would pay a few bucks for a set.

Or, just thought of this, are there long forks that are threaded for a 26" frame and are raked....?

Thanks,

Paul

Last edited by pwhallon; 04-20-11 at 12:02 PM. Reason: idea
pwhallon is offline  
Old 10-28-17, 11:23 AM
  #2  
7up
Full Member
 
7up's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Whitestone,Queens/Bayonne N.J.
Posts: 342

Bikes: Aurelia*Bianchi*Cannondale*Colnago*Dahon*Giant*Haro*Lynsky*Monkey Faction*Origin8*Panasonic*Paramont*Peugeot*Ross*Schwinn*SE*Specialized*Trek

Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 56 Post(s)
Liked 26 Times in 18 Posts
I used to ride a Schwinn single speed. I used a scaffolding bar cut down and slid up over my main fork tubes then bolted.
7up is offline  
Old 10-30-17, 08:46 AM
  #3  
Philphine
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 832
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 90 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 18 Times in 16 Posts
never heard of them.


to reproduce the choppers we made as kids would involve cutting the fork legs off another pair of forks and jamming them up on the forks of the bike we had.




maybe try modding the forks of a Schwinn occ chopper or jesse james wcc chopper, but I think they are both for 1 1/8" head tubes though.
Philphine is offline  
Old 11-08-17, 05:24 PM
  #4  
02Giant 
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,977
Mentioned: 6 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1638 Post(s)
Liked 741 Times in 495 Posts
Originally Posted by Philphine
never heard of them.


to reproduce the choppers we made as kids would involve cutting the fork legs off another pair of forks and jamming them up on the forks of the bike we had.




maybe try modding the forks of a Schwinn occ chopper or jesse james wcc chopper, but I think they are both for 1 1/8" head tubes though.
That is the way it was done in my neighborhood. Looking back...
__________________
nine mile skid on a ten mile ride
02Giant is offline  
Old 11-12-17, 02:24 PM
  #5  
thinktubes 
weapons-grade bolognium
 
thinktubes's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Across the street from Chicago
Posts: 6,335

Bikes: Battaglin Cromor, Ciocc Designer 84, Schwinn Superior 1981

Mentioned: 44 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 984 Post(s)
Liked 2,353 Times in 882 Posts
We sometimes used electrical conduit. Cut to length, mash one end flat, drill to mount wheel.

I remember this being a "press-fit" joint.
thinktubes is offline  
Old 11-18-17, 06:28 PM
  #6  
Lazyass
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Minas Ithil
Posts: 9,337
Mentioned: 66 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2432 Post(s)
Liked 638 Times in 395 Posts
In 1978 my yellow Schwinn Scrambler was stolen and I was crushed. So my grandparents bought me a new bike. To my dismay it was a chopper bike and I hated it, all my buddies had BMX's that we rode on our little mini track we built on some empty land. I bent the forks in the first week going off a jump haha. But to my great joy, it was replaced with a brand new Mongoose with motomags.
Lazyass is offline  
Old 11-25-17, 06:50 PM
  #7  
MANIFESTTO
Junior Member
 
MANIFESTTO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 3
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
check out Atomic Zombie's website. good luck!
MANIFESTTO is offline  
Old 07-31-18, 07:20 PM
  #8  
Unshore
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 15
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Liked 10 Times in 7 Posts
Speaking of zombies I'll bring this one back to say: I was just thinking the other day about how as kids we would cut off the forks from junked bikes and stick them on the end of the fork blades to extend them. I was wondering if other kids did that too, now I know.

Life is funny, I came on here for a totally different reason and came across this.
Unshore is offline  
Old 08-06-18, 11:20 AM
  #9  
Broke Joke
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 34
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts
Boy, this brings back great memories !!
Broke Joke is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
wheelspeed
General Cycling Discussion
1
05-24-18 05:11 AM
rdtindsm
Bicycle Mechanics
1
05-11-14 10:46 AM
3speed
Mountain Biking
3
10-25-11 10:13 PM
Sturmcrow
Mountain Biking
0
07-15-11 08:54 PM
embankmentlb
Bicycle Mechanics
0
07-31-10 08:54 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.