Mechanics and Fixing Any Questions Answered

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ojwithbits

Drilling a brake hole (for a rack) on a ‘92 rockhopper fork - any shops in London that would do it for me? I don’t have a decent enough drill I don’t reckon

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HarmanMogul in reply to @ojwithbits

Get this done professionally, is my advice. It needs to be done with a pillar drill with the fork held exactly in position. I say this feelingly because when Tom Board built my fixed sometime last century, he didn't get this right. As a result the brake never sat quite square, which drove me nuts. So that fork with its round Columbus track blades now sits in the spares box, unused for over 25 years.

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Brommers in reply to @HarmanMogul

The trick is to do the front and rear separately. If you do a plunge drill from front to back the caliper's unlikely to sit square unless you have a very rigid and accurate fixture. And even then, best not.

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