Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

I just get by on 300mm steerer

CAn anyone help? My gravel front fork is 15mm Thru axle, I want to change it to a Thru bolt (no QR) but I'm finding it really difficult to find the correct length.
Then I came across this conversion kit by JJBP. It looks great. Has anyone used one or know of anything similar UK based?
https://theradavist.com/2020/06/convert-­your-15mm-ta-gravel-fork-into-12mm-with-­jjpes-conversion-kits/

I have an extra Viner prestige CX fork which has a crown hole. It is the one I used on my gravel bike rando thing.
I made through axle mudguard mounts for it. Maybe that's usable for you?
It's 15mm axle tho

Is it painted that cool grey/gold colour?
How did you manage the mudguard mount?
Also how much would it cost?

I've made a kind of loop like you get on lowrider racks just to have a dyno light mounted.

It is black but I've started to remove logos and sand it a bit but stopped... I'll send you some photos later and we can discuss price ;-)

I made these mounts out of stainless and they work really well. I know August Cycles has designed some very similar to mine that he has in stock if you wanna buy some and just get on with it...

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What’s the axle spec?

Robert axle project probs make one

what is that paint called? Really nice

15mm/100 M15x1.5 Thread. Needs to be 130/135mm long. Forks are 17mm width either side.

What’s the exact shaft length? Not including the head.

Quite forward

Gold with black mixed in. Mario Vaz did it. He had a similar sample I pointed to

130/135mm shaft length would work.

oooh matron

I got one of those JJBP conversion kits to switch a focus mares fork from 15mm to 12mm. works fine. Delivery was pretty speedy too.

New Space Horse announced although a little hard to tell if it’s just new colours. Looks a little like the bottle bosses have moved south to accommodate frame bags but surely this is going to need spacers so that the cage doesn’t interfere with the FD

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surely this is going to need spacers so that the cage doesn’t interfere with the FD

Not necessarily:

Does that mean you can’t set the front derailleur any lower?

That must be the "obsessive attention to detail"

big bag of wank.

Who still uses a FD???
#amirite?

Isn’t that derailleur also higher than the 1-3mm shimano recommends?

Look like it’s way too high, even with perceptions taken in account.

Full build comes with 46/30 chainrings so you’re unlikely to go much lower on a 2x setup but it’s still looking pretty suspect

46/30 on a Space Horse is apt, as anything lower you kinda want a Gorilla Monsoon.

I guess you could use a different band clamp? M part ones (ugly as shit I know) come slotted rather than straight hole?