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Title: Anyone know if.....
Post by: oldschoolace on May 13, 2019, 10:56 PM

... a set of road forks cut down to 20 inch would have enough clearance for a 1.75 tyre and stock bmx hub given the forks tend to taper?

Title: Re: Anyone know if.....
Post by: deeman on May 14, 2019, 12:02 AM

Quote from: oldschoolace on May 13, 2019, 10:56 PM

... a set of road forks cut down to 20 inch would have enough clearance for a 1.75 tyre and stock bmx hub given the forks tend to taper?

The mind boggles Clint !!  :-\
And sorry, i have NO clue!  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Anyone know if.....
Post by: Jaymz on May 14, 2019, 06:20 PM

I think the distance between road bike forks are less than bmx on the front and more than bmx on the back

Title: Re: Anyone know if.....
Post by: oldschoolace on May 14, 2019, 08:43 PM

Yeah I thought the same mate but the ones I'm looking at are 100mm between the drops and are 45mm wide under the crown.
obviously will lose some width when they are cut down but hoping I can ease the arms out a little. Think 45mm may just be enough  :-\

Title: Re: Anyone know if.....
Post by: Gary72 on May 14, 2019, 08:58 PM

I think I have some road forks in the shed, Will have a look.

Title: Re: Anyone know if.....
Post by: oldschoolace on May 14, 2019, 09:04 PM

cheers buddy  :daumenhoch: