Simple solution for the FrenchID fork...

GoGzS

GoGzS

Bronze member
So the problem with pulling off the legs on the FrenchID fork didn't really get solved by pinning it, there were still forgs that got the legs ripped out...

But a small change in the manufacturing of the fork could solve the problems...

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That's basically it, a lip on the bottom of the forktube, and the legs having a "slot" for the lip to fit in...
The fork tube would be put from the bottom trough the legs, and the lip would prevent the legs from being pulled out...
I guess it would cost more to produce such a forktube and modify the legs to fit the forktube, but the result would be a fork that basically couldn't be pulled apart.

Oh, and if you wonder why I post it here and not e-mail FrID...well, maybe some other companies make 2 piece forks and have the same problems as the FrID forks, so maybe this will help them to improve their products too...
 
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SOA

Steel Member
the french are still alive & yeah u dont need email them they read the forums on regular rate

but yeah r im pritty sure if any one trys make like this, basicly the bottom part of the fork legs would be way weaker then before, as u need make a hole big enough for the tube fit into as u said, but the fork wouldnt have much of the walls on the legs base left after this
 
Remco

Remco

Member
why not? you can shove the forktube in from the bottom... So the hole would be just as big as before.... n/h haha. But the only thing is that the edge keeps it in place when the compression system is tightened.
 
GoGzS

GoGzS

Bronze member
@SOA - it's not like the lip would be 1 centimeter or something...even something small like 1 mm would be enough to keep it from being pulled out...
And at the place where you'd CNC the legs so the lip fits, it's not like you'd grind down half the wall thicknes, it's just a tiny lip to prevent the legs from being pulled off...
 
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