How to get Dahon bicycle to use 100mm front hub?
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How to get Dahon bicycle to use 100mm front hub?
I feel stuck having to use 74mm hubs on my Dahon Speed. Being able to use the same 100mm hub standard that the vast majority of non-folding bicycles uses would widely open up the choices in wheels (and make it easier to get replacement parts for them). I have come up with the following solutions:
1. Get a disc brake fork. Until I find one with a thru-axle though, this option is out.
2. Get a mini-velo fork with 1.125" steerer tube, cut it down to fit the folding bicycle and then tap a thread inside that is compatible with the compression bolt.
3. Persuade Dahon (or the like) to start producing forks that accept the 100mm standard hub. If disc brake, then include the thru-axle.
Option number 3 would be most-preferable to me, assuming that it would include the magnet holder.
Any other way to do this?
1. Get a disc brake fork. Until I find one with a thru-axle though, this option is out.
2. Get a mini-velo fork with 1.125" steerer tube, cut it down to fit the folding bicycle and then tap a thread inside that is compatible with the compression bolt.
3. Persuade Dahon (or the like) to start producing forks that accept the 100mm standard hub. If disc brake, then include the thru-axle.
Option number 3 would be most-preferable to me, assuming that it would include the magnet holder.
Any other way to do this?
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What's wrong with a disc fork with a QR? I ran this for years on my mountain bike before through axles. It works fine with a good QR and if you clamp it correctly.
Or just buy a Bike Friday One thing I really like about BF is their use of normal bike parts.
Or just buy a Bike Friday One thing I really like about BF is their use of normal bike parts.
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Or just buy a Bike Friday One thing I really like about BF is their use of normal bike parts.
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Or: Option 4
employ a frame builder to revamp an existing fork or custom make a fork to your specs.
just an idea. I have the same go around with getting a better fork for my Nano but my specs involve lightening it up.
employ a frame builder to revamp an existing fork or custom make a fork to your specs.
just an idea. I have the same go around with getting a better fork for my Nano but my specs involve lightening it up.
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If your priority is 100mm hubs, then why focus on the thru-axle? 100mm disc-brake hubs have been used successfully for years, and will be for many years to come.
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Originally Posted by Zebede
Buy a BMX fork and install. This Ciao was rescued by this method. Its long gone from my fleet.
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The bike was given to family in Guatemala City and I wanted it to be safe durable and low maintenance. It was a solid fix and worked well. Were planning to go back this summer, I may get a chance to ride the bike and report back.
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5. Sell the Speed and buy a Hemingway/Horize, Launch, or any other modern Dahon with disk brakes that you like.
It's probably only a matter of time before even the likes of the Speed and Mu shift to disk brakes (and, more likely than not, abandon the 74mm standard made famous by Brompton for the universal 100mm standard, and - who knows? - maybe even thru axles) and you won't feel stuck anymore.
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But Dahon are already doing this. My recently acquired Hemingway is on the 100mm standard up front (I know that because I measured it,) and it's got QR, disk brakes, and the magnet. The brakes do squeak, yes, but that has little or nothing to do with the fact that it uses the venerable QR as a wheel retaining system and everything to do with them being budget-oriented (to avoid using the word cheap) entry level brakes and my own failure to bed them in properly on day one. So...
5. Sell the Speed and buy a Hemingway/Horize, Launch, or any other modern Dahon with disk brakes that you like.
It's probably only a matter of time before even the likes of the Speed and Mu shift to disk brakes (and, more likely than not, abandon the 74mm standard made famous by Brompton for the universal 100mm standard, and - who knows? - maybe even thru axles) and you won't feel stuck anymore.
5. Sell the Speed and buy a Hemingway/Horize, Launch, or any other modern Dahon with disk brakes that you like.
It's probably only a matter of time before even the likes of the Speed and Mu shift to disk brakes (and, more likely than not, abandon the 74mm standard made famous by Brompton for the universal 100mm standard, and - who knows? - maybe even thru axles) and you won't feel stuck anymore.
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