Any one know where can I re thread the fork

hi,
any one know where can I re thread the fork
I want to cut the fork, but have to re thread it,
but no idea who or where can help me re thread it.
please, give me your suggestion,
many thanks.

PM Retro di Corsa...

Any good bike shop will carry the correct die to do it.

Get it threaded then have it cut to size.

thread cutters only 20ish quid from your local hardware store.... make sure you get the right tpi though
prolly cheaper than your lbs and asking them to do it ?

Any good bike shop will carry the correct die to do it.

Good luck with that.

Very few, if any, bike shops are still able to cut threaded steerers as they have neither the tools or the knowledge these days. The rise of the threaded steerer has seen demand for this plummet.

I needed this done recently and retro di corsa very kindly did it for me, it's worth PM'ing him.

Both the shops I use regularily have the ability and the tools. In fact my favoured shop can cut ANY bike related thread, however old!!

Both the shops I use regularily have the ability and the tools. In fact my favoured shop can cut ANY bike related thread, however old!!

And you are keeping the names of the shop's to yourself, why?

i'm pretty sure London Fields Cycles do it.

Sorry, not intentional.

Probably not much use to most Londoners, but I was refering to Soanes Cycles in Devon.

The owner is a lurker on here.

Memo to self, next time I'm in Devon, take threaded fork with me to be cut.

;-)

I visited or spoke to at least six shops when I was trying to get it done recently, all were in London and none of them could do it.

It's the kind of thing that I would have gone straight to Witcomb to have done.

Ahh, the old days.

I even spoke to a couple of frame builders that could not do it once they are built (they turn the steerer before mounting it, rather than die cut). Good to know of somewhere that does.

Im in Reading, but will be coming into London to watch the London triathlon tomorrow. If you can get the forks to me tomorrow then I'll take them down to Devon on monday and do them for you as Im down that way fro a few days.

Drop me a pm if this suits you.

thanks everyone's suggestion and tips,
also tried to connect Retro di Corsa already,
he's nice guy,
but at the moment, first thing need to do,
that is I've to find a 650c threaded fork, also put the wanted forum a while,
but still nothing,
if someone got fork want to sell, please let me know.
Many thanks.

The tiny tiny bike shop Im at in brum which only sells cheap kids bikes even has all the die cutting tools! Its basic necessities.

A tip for when you do find someone with the tools;

Mount the die onto existing thread, and slowly follow them down to the end making sure not to cross-thread. Once at the bottom continue to turn slowly to cut the new threads at the same angle as the old ones.

Once you have made decent threads all the way down to your newly desired position, then cut the steerer. After cutting, file rough edges then clear threads again.

Just thought I'd tag this on here rather than starting a new thread!

I was wondering how much it would cost to get a LBS to thread a fork, my mate just picked up a shiny new threadless fork and was wondering if it would be worth threading the fork or going for a threadless system which would be a new stem and headset. Kind of an economic thing but also worried the shop could potentially mess up the threading and he'd have to go threadless anyway.

Cheers

economic? i always felt it's more sentimental and above all esthetics. depending on the frame and look one goes for, threaded is the way to stay classic. ahead on the other hand, feels a stiffer 'frontend' and is a little easier to build up and run - modern parts, innit?

i'd go for modern parts before classic for every day riding, but have the frame to do that with. that's just me tho.

on the prices, i am sorry to be not of help there. why not phone your local shops up and ask them?

Yup, my mate was saying the same thing, he's been to one shop and they told him they wouldn't do it for him as there is a chance they would could mess it up. I think it's one thing chasing threads already there and trying to put completely new threads on a fork. I'll tell him to phone round.

have a look at this thread basically when i was trying to have this done everyone I spoke to said it couldn't be done. I looked into replacing the steerer but then I was a better idea just to get a different fork http://www.lfgss.com/thread10466.html

Cheers for that, will pass it on to my mate, I've told him it would be cheaper and easier to go threadless but he has these fanciful ideas of keeping classic lines and shit which you just don't get with threadless apparently. Ha!

Ok, well my mate got the steerer threaded in the end, he's a determined young chap. It's not been ridden on yet so don't know how sound it is!

Try the guys at Lunar Cycles in Kentish Town(Sam or Adam) really nice guys, just had a set of wheels built by them, and pretty sure they can do it.

Cheers for the tip Bonobo but he already got it sorted.

Skinny Erics, Hackney Wick. Helpful bods