Road Bike Fork

i want to convert a Comfort bike to a road bike can it be done i would like to use a road bbike fork?

Apr 27, 2009 by Tom C | Posted in Cycling

it's a giant and i want to put a road bike fork on it and drop bar's it already has road bike rim's so i think it can be done what do you think?

By the time you put on a new fork, handlebars and shifters you are going to have another $400 or more in it.

How do you measure fork diameter on a road bike?

Feb 07, 3859 by Merry_Christmas_eve | Posted in Cycling

I want to buy a new fork for my road bike and i want to know how to measure the diameter. If its too big it wont fit, right?

Pull the handlebar stem off the current fork steerer tube by loosening the stem clamp bolts. Then just measure the diameter of the OUTSIDE steerer tube using a dial caliper if you have one (or a good ruler if you don't). I fyou have an older "quill-style"

How can I tell whether a bike fork is set up to take recessed allen nuts?

Jul 26, 2007 by Whatevs | Posted in Cycling

I recently had the fork on a vintage road bike switched out because it was damaged; the replacement was just a plain chrome steel road fork. I'm looking to mount a set of Tektro long-reach caliper brakes but they only come with recessed mounting bolts.

if it's drilled the top of the fork will have two tube thingy sticking out

What are the names of different types of road bike forks?

Sep 10, 2008 by dat kid from cali | Posted in Cycling

well i seen a road bike with a fork that came down and out. it went out quite far and look real nice. i wanted to buy one like it but dont know what to search for. dunno if this will help but it was on a french bike.

Thanks in advance.

Do you have a picture ?

Can a threaded road bike fork of 1 inch (190mm steerer 60mm of thread )be cut to a 140mm and re-threaded.?

Dec 23, 2007 by o | Posted in Cycling

I may be able to get away without re-theading the forks,what tools would i need?

Maybe Hammish has something there. I never was aware of steerer tubes being butted, but maybe some are?

It's easy enough to check it. Bring it into a bike shop if you already have it cut down they have the threading dies for forks and

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The Stew: Fork and the Road: A tasty bike tour

by The Stew staff

Any activity is better when it's combined with good food, right?

To that end, I spent Saturday afternoon pedaling for my lunch on a "tour of Asia" organized by Chicago's Fork and the Road ( forkandtheroad.com ) guides. Three restaurants and 12 easy miles on my bike made for a delightful afternoon of eating, riding and chatting up new acquaintances with a shared interest in fitness and food.

Food tours are nothing new – and if you have a favorite, tell us about it below – but the biking twist makes this one worth a few weekend hours. Fork and the Road was started just over a year ago by Dimitra Tasiouras and Sharon Bautista, two Chicagoans who met while posting on lthforum.com . In the summer of 2008, they led a group of friends on an informal bike tour of favorite gelato shops in the city. It was such a hit, they saw a business in the making and made it happen.

Through the summers (they'll wrap up in the end of September this year), they lead food tours via bicycle every weekend, sometimes twice a weekend.

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