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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Cherrypicker on July 08, 2018, 10:35 PM

Title: Fork Guard Thingy.
Post by: Cherrypicker on July 08, 2018, 10:35 PM

Apologies for stupid question. In some of the older bmx mags, you see the likes of Mike Buff with a guard behind the top of the forks connected with cable ties and with the front brake. Were these commercially available? Don’t remember ever seeing these for sale? I

Title: Re: Fork Guard Thingy.
Post by: oldschoolace on July 08, 2018, 10:42 PM

See the odd one come up so im guessing they were out there. Easy enough to make your own out of anything made out of polypropylene like cheap chopping boards or dare I say it, a cheapo race plate

Title: Re: Fork Guard Thingy.
Post by: Cherrypicker on July 08, 2018, 10:49 PM

Did they have a name/brand?

Title: Re: Fork Guard Thingy.
Post by: oldschoolace on July 08, 2018, 10:52 PM

Just known as a buff guard

Title: Re: Fork Guard Thingy.
Post by: Taipan on July 08, 2018, 11:01 PM

SID Products

Wasnt it Mark 'Sid' Salisbury that designed and ran one on his Quad bitd