custom fork help please

ok, i am a furious touch upper, and there doesnt seem to be a disk specific fork out there for me that wont brake that im liking (sorry PX). Now that i think about it this could work out well. i wil get the person to copy some forks i have, and put the disk mount in the same position as the one on my koxx fork so i dont have to buy a new caliper. the fork will be 100% steel. all i want to know is will it cost heaps, jsut to get a guy to copy designs? like i have the forks for him to copy? and will they be able to make dropouts etc.

cheers. i still have more to think about but your input would be awesome.

thanks

 

cheers adam, i will no doubt talk to you on msn about it. i really hate the 5 peice bullshit, looks like poo :yum: i know i shouldnt be so gay and worry about looks but i think if im going to go to the trouble of making forks, i would want them to look the goods.

surely a dude (its embarressing because i dont even know what to call them) can bend steal etc, what i was going to do was give them my snapped koxx forks, to copy the legs, and then tell them to stick a steerer in and weld the fuck out of the bitch so it wont break. good or bad idea?

what sort of person would i look at to help make these forks?

sorry im not too bright at this, i should of done some research before posting and making a dick out of myself but i was excited

Alex

 

could i see some pics of these koxx forxx with steel steerer please? zoo may be an option but since my caliper on my disk will only fit with the koxx gay disk mounts unless i fork out for new caliper i guess i should try the new steerer idea. that is also why i was thinking custom, but it seems like it will cost a lot, it would have been cool.

how is this steel steerer fitted? and is this steel that increases in thickness readily available.

thanks guys :drool:

 

well what i mean is, the mount on the koxx fork isnt international standard so that the disk will be too big for the caliper when fitted to an I.S. fork. im guessing getting the new steel steerer fitted to the forks will be cheaper than a new caliper.

 

adaptor would be the best bet, im haveing one shit of a time starting yesterday lol. my magura is leaking in the wheel cylinder so i need to buy a new one. the guy who lent me his fork nees it back apparently. and i somehow flatted twice on a michelin comp 24.1, one of them on an up??

with the fork saga, id be very interested in the new steerer pics, because i looked at my fork, and the steerer will need to be different sizes, one size so its the right size for the headtube, and a smaller size to fit inside the fork. do i pin it like brisa?

Alex

 

well im taking the forks to an engineers on monday so i will get back to you then about whats happening. i will also post pics up etc if they do it with an explanation.

Alex

 

i'll be using steel as the steerer. take it to the engineers to get tehm to machine something, probably get them too fill the hole in the steerer near the bottom where it snapped last time. i will also use a less high tensile steel so it will bend rather than snap. i'll talk to the guys to see what they think though.

any input?

Alex

 

ok, i just got back from the engineers. yesterday i got turned down several times but today i talked to a guy who would just machine a solid peice of steel down so its hollow all the way though but thick at the bottom and thinnner at the top so the star fangled nut can fit.

then i have to find an epoxy resin like the koxx guys uses to bond the aluminium to the steel steerer.

the machining is goin to cost AU$150 max if i go through with it which i might, alot more than $4 romanian but i think it would be worth it is it didnt break

i may well take this guy up, what do you think?

Alex