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SaMAlex:
Or do you wanna run a shafted 1" stem in threaded (shafted) 1 1/8 forks?

Ive done that on some threaded 1 1/4 forks. (MTB frame and forks, BMX stem). I just made a massive shim out of ally.

Philbert:
can you get threaded 1 1/8 forks? i've never seen any!

Stace:
Right this is where you all lose interest .........  :LolLolLolLol:

Its on a beach cruiser that needs 'customising'  :-[ ::) ??? :-[ , A bmx just isn't cricket when out with the family, I can't keep up   ::) ....so I imported this......







Its currently got a 25.4 handlebar stem but I want to swap it for one that will take some big arse apehanger bars.  The poxy little stem on it at the moment won't cut the mustard.  So I was going to get one of these off of ginny ?






Any ideas?............Are you even still there ? :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:


Ta
Stace  :)

Philbert:
they're threaded forks from the look in the pic. stick a shim in there like alex said and your laughing all the way down the promenade

SaMAlex:

--- Quote from: C.B.C.L on September 26, 2007, 11:37 AM ---can you get threaded 1 1/8 forks? i've never seen any!

--- End quote ---

Oh C.B.C.L .... you youngster you!  :LolLolLolLol:

When "over sized" first came out (not on BMX's) there were 2 sizes: 1 1/8 and 1 1/4". They both still used shafted stems and threaded headsets, and still had the same problems of stear tube bends due to the restrictions of an internal stem shaft. 1 1/4 was for your full on down hill MTBs and 1 1/8 was for cross country MTBs. When A-head came out, it solved the problems of bending headtubes so everyone ended up going with 1 1/8th (after trying clamp on 1" as well).

I have got a MTB that is 1 1/4 threaded and I use it for riding around on. I didnt like the very long reach stem it came with so I put a BMX stem on it ... with a massive shim.

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