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Offline jwbaker75

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old school frame new forks?
« on: March 09, 2010, 10:34:32 AM »
I am re-entering the world of flatland after 20 years. Man, has it changed! I road with Kevin Jones in TX when he first showed the hitchhiker. Anyway, I want to keep my old Redline RL 20-II frame because I'm 6ft 6 tall but I'm updating other parts. Does anyone know if there is way to make any modern fork work in an old 1 inch headtube (the RL's had to have a 6 inch stearing tube length on the fork) I like the o dgree rake on all the new forks. Thanks in advance for anyone that can help an old guy out.
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Offline tmp

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Re: old school frame new forks?
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2010, 10:49:42 AM »
There are a few members on this board running a 1 1/8 threadless forks into oldschool frames.

I had this link bookmarked:

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=40740

Discussion from this forum:

http://www.global-flat.com/smf/index.php?topic=18228.0
http://www.global-flat.com/smf/index.php?topic=15417.0;prev_next=prev

I entertained this idea for a while...decided to buy new instead.  Good luck!
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Offline Furball

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Re: old school frame new forks?
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2010, 08:47:07 PM »
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Remember, grammar is the difference between "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse", and "I helped my uncle jack off a horse".

Quote from: flatalex on November 27, 2009, 11:32:16 PM
I just started getting into flatland stuff about 3 days ago and suck so far, I blame my sh*tty bike and lack of practice.

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Re: old school frame new forks?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2010, 03:56:35 AM »
PM me for the easier way to fit new 1 1/8" forks to a 1" frame, I just built 2 '87 Generals to ride like this..! ;D

http://www.global-flat.com/smf/index.php?topic=33027.0
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