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He's just trying to resurrect his crashed bike
He crashed a carbon bike hard enough to wreck the fork and he's confident that the frame is OK? Trek don't seem to agree.
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I know. I think he knows this too. I don't know the details of the crash. Not sure I'd risk it but, as mentioned, it'll only be used as a shopping bike.
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Apparently he's not just confident, he's convinced.
I've used a reducer headset shim thing to use a fork with a 1 1/8" steerer on a frame designed for a 1 1/2" inch tapered fork. Works fine, but it's on a Lefty fork on a 29er frame, so aesthetics aren't such an issue. I think it looks great anyway...
tallsam
Brommers
How right you are. Thanks.
So 1.5 it is.
So, any tapered 1.5" fork?
Are reducer headsets a massive no-no on road bikes? I know a few MTBers who use them so presummably not too bad. Although might look a bit shit. He's just trying to resurrect his crashed bike as a shopping bike now he has a new one. (I've told him the frame may be toast but he's convinced its fine, I've not seen it). So looks are unimportant, plus I have some standard forks he can have.