Threading forks

SE1 close enough - thanks for the offer. Will PM

@ retro ..... is the issue with the chrome just regarding it's hardness or is there some other reason you don't want to cut a thread onto chrome ? would it blunt the cutting tool ?

Bikefix in Lambs Conduit St did mine....they were chromed too! Not as tidy as I'd hoped, but did the job....

@ dicki, yes, the issue is the hardness of the chrome, even if the die will go through the chrome which would be difficult, I certainly wouldn't want to do it with my one as it would definitely take the edge of it.

so how would one go about threading a chromed pair of forks, i only ask as i have a pair here i want another few cm's of thread on ? would i just pack out the gap with spacers or can i remove said chrome somehow ?

Take them here:
London Chroming Co. Ltd
735 Old Kent Road
London SE15 1JL
and they can chemically remove the chrome on the section of steerer that you want threaded (+ a bit extra for luck).

... i only ask as i have a pair here i want another few cm's of thread on ? would i just pack out the gap with spacers...?

How many cm is a few?

I'd say 2cm is the limit aesthetically speaking... and even then it might look a bit gash.

But it is cheaper.

okay i have some forks which i have for my current bike i would love for them to fit but they are rather large for a bike around 57-58+ cm my bikes smaller so in a nutshell i really need to get them threaded down and the excess cut so they fit. any ideas on bike shops that can carry out this process in london preferably south as i am situated in south east london, i dont want to spend alot so i can cut it down myself with a hack saw if need be to save extra money it is the threading that needs to be done thank you some help would be much appreciated.

it says on brick lane bikes that they charge £25 for chase/cut threads on fork.... if this helps?

oh really okay thanks yeah it helps ima check them out i think

suggest hitting yell.com, look for smaller/older bike shops as these tend to have tools and knowledge for older bikes.
Just to throw a bit more thread down a fork steerer and cut the end off doesn't sound like £25 to me though. Or is that typical for London tax?

I have recently picked up a set of forks and the head tube needs threading by about another couple of CM. Where could I pick up a DIE for a 1" tube with a 24 TPI thread, or does any one know of someone who could do it for me. Ta.

Read above.

FYI. the amusingly named A Fudge and Sons in Chiswick say they can do it, but have to get the tool in from somewhere else. no price yet.

we have used the park tool thread chaser before to cut threads deeper, its the tool used to clear the threads after paint and getting threads healthy again. It does have a cutting ability, done it many of time before now, the teeth in the dye have a cutting aid at the bottom, just use lots of cutting fluid and clean shards away. A good LBS should do this, no reason why they shouldn't, its designed to and all park stuff have lifetime warranty ! Just ask em to cut the threads more with the

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=27048&gclid=CK7Ggqq7q68CFVEjfAodsUHnpA

so i've read through the thread.
i want to swap the forks out on a bike currently with 1 inch threadless forks. i would like some nice 1 inch lugged chrome forks and swap the ahead stem to a quill stem (i know some people on here will hate the idea but it's an aesthetics thing).
my plan is:
1) buy forks from tokyo fixed
2) take to brick lane and pay the 25 notes for them to thread.
potentially i may need to take the forks to get them de-chromed (though there seems to be some disagreement on this)
the forks will need to be cut down (as the bike is a 49cm and has a tiny head tube)
what measurements do i need to take before i get the hacksaw out and how accurate does the measurement need to be?
do i just measure the head tube and then add the stack height of the new headset and then get cutting?
how much threading will i need or will the good folk at BLB know what to do from there?

mesure twice cut once

headtube, headset stack height,