humpurple kushiones
Steel Member
isnt the steertube on your bars and the forktube is on the fork?
RAD prototype forks
- Thread starter Stanio
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Oh boy...
Dude I know what an inward fork looks like....
How different can a fork actually be!??
By your reasoning I could say an inward fork is the same as an SR fork. Just different legs pfffff haha you toool.
Really? I'm pretty sure they use 1-1/8" tubing with a welded crown. Theres nothing wrong with doing it that way. The SR forks were that way too if im not mistaken. (i've only scoped one of them) Look at the difference.
The red lines show where the steer tube is. It goes through the crown race and must be welded underneath the plate/fork crown. And the crown race is welded to the top.
See the gap inbetween the steer tube and crown race?
Now heres how a one peice steerer is.
Oh wait... It's all one peice!
Look the "starnut" is all one peice with the tube as well.
And heres the tube underneath to show wall thickness since I'm sure some of you got confused and thought the steer tube was really as thick as it looks in the second pic haha
One peice steerer allows a lower stack height which means it is possible to make forks that will fit bigger wheels without the need for longer legs.
Also since it doesnt need to be welded underneath that means you can scootch the legs in as much as possible. (inward does an excellent job at this already).
Also since the crown race is not welded seperatley from the steerer it is less likely to get those tight spots in your headset because the race will always be perfectly in line. (unless the tube bends). Some may7 even argue that one peice is stiffer. And I agree. And I have made forks BOTH ways before.
R.o.b said:Couldn't find a frontal pic of an inward with gussets, anyway:
the forks look basically like an inward fork with the legs rounded and turned around.
how can anyone not see this? Same basic design, different shaped legs.
Dude I know what an inward fork looks like....
How different can a fork actually be!??
By your reasoning I could say an inward fork is the same as an SR fork. Just different legs pfffff haha you toool.
jules said:
Really? I'm pretty sure they use 1-1/8" tubing with a welded crown. Theres nothing wrong with doing it that way. The SR forks were that way too if im not mistaken. (i've only scoped one of them) Look at the difference.
The red lines show where the steer tube is. It goes through the crown race and must be welded underneath the plate/fork crown. And the crown race is welded to the top.
See the gap inbetween the steer tube and crown race?
Now heres how a one peice steerer is.
Oh wait... It's all one peice!
Look the "starnut" is all one peice with the tube as well.
And heres the tube underneath to show wall thickness since I'm sure some of you got confused and thought the steer tube was really as thick as it looks in the second pic haha
One peice steerer allows a lower stack height which means it is possible to make forks that will fit bigger wheels without the need for longer legs.
Also since it doesnt need to be welded underneath that means you can scootch the legs in as much as possible. (inward does an excellent job at this already).
Also since the crown race is not welded seperatley from the steerer it is less likely to get those tight spots in your headset because the race will always be perfectly in line. (unless the tube bends). Some may7 even argue that one peice is stiffer. And I agree. And I have made forks BOTH ways before.
Chris Harris
Chris Harris
those look so nice
Cody Appelhans
Member
I like inward's design beter.
D= its sam!!
Ex-Staff
a forks a fork, they pretty much all look the same....R.o.b said:Couldn't find a frontal pic of an inward with gussets, anyway:
the forks look basically like an inward fork with the legs rounded and turned around.
how can anyone not see this? Same basic design, different shaped legs.
these forks look sick. if i rode much id get one haha
I know what you guys are talking about, but I've never heard the term "dub" before, which surprises me because I've been smoking for over a year. Could you fill me in?Stan Smirnoff said:dude these forks make me wanna ride street and land hella flat all the time hahhaa
- 5 dubs of white widow for that one to come up wit
Chris Harris
Chris Harris
hahahaha
