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"In Rod We Trust" (MTB Fork)

Old 06-19-20, 07:09 AM
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"In Rod We Trust" (MTB Fork)

This project started life as an old Marzocchi Super T fork with 30mm stanchions and a 20mm thru axle. I ordered a 6ft roll-wrapped CF tube from Dragonplate (1" ID, 3/32" thick) with an OD that is close enough to 30mm. It was not cheap so I'm glad this worked!

This was fun^

It weighs 20 grams more than the cheap steel fork it replaces, but still not too bad.

I used an M7 screw to pin the dropout because I've never worked with CF before so I don't entirely trust the epoxy.


..and proof I survived the first ride.

Now that I know it works, I'll lace that 20mm hub to my 29" rim. I forgot how awful it was to ride a rigid fork with a 26" wheel...


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Both wheels are now the same size now....looks and rides much better. I laced the front wheel half-radial just for the heck of it. I prefer the look of radial wheels, but I don't get much chance to make them.

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