tylerbillman
Steel Member
HIC getting weaker and weaker...
New: Phoenix tlc fork
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R-Dubya
Steel Member
Or, depending on how well it works and how tight you clamped it, the bars could spin the shim off, equaling a complete failure of this idea. Especially if you're supposed to tighten the shim by hand. This entire idea is stupid imo, HIC didn't need any more modifications, it worked perfect how it was. Now you need specific bars, forks, and HIC shim all from one company just to make this compression work.
My thoughts exactly.
Mark Abramsky
Member
i dont like it.. its like the weakness of threading combined with the annoyingness of hic and having to take ur bars off everytime u wanna tighten ur shit
R-Dubya
Steel Member
That's called ICS.
I dont get it. So the cap/ shim thread on, but then theres no need to put a bolt through the shim into the fork, cause it cant tighten anymore if the shim itself is threaded on...?
Unless youre supposed to just use one of the other. And wouldnt the threads weaken the fork?
So many questions. Phoenix needs to make a video tutorial to clear everything up about this.
Unless youre supposed to just use one of the other. And wouldnt the threads weaken the fork?
So many questions. Phoenix needs to make a video tutorial to clear everything up about this.
Nate Rita.
Steel Member
If I remember correctly, you tighten the HIC shim by hand. I don't believe anyone has had a problem with the bars spinning the HIC shim off the fork.
allyscooterkid1998
Member
am i the only that realized how this works? you screw the shim on which compresses the headset eliminating the need for top cap, bolts, allan keys etc. the threads are at no weak point. hic was made simpler. probably work better with a bit on it where you use a wrench to tighten it down abit more
KieranPeterson
Member
R-Dubya
Steel Member
Having to specifically buy Phoenix HIC bars, this shim, AND TLC forks, just to make this compression work.
Creating a threaded fork so that your threaded HIC shim can thread onto your threaded forks and resulting in a "threadless" compression.
Yeah, man, way simpler than just using a stupid bolt.
Connzi machell
Member
How to make a fcking epic compression.
Use phoenix TLC, then put a topcap and bolt through it(A.K.A HIC)
Haha that would probably work pretty good, concidering they still kept the threaded insert in.
Shit be stupid. No it's not simpler, as you have to buy parts all from the same company and all that shit. Also, with the shim being so thin(as its a shim), I bet you it would actually mold to the fork, not like with bars and threaded forks, much worse then that. Until it'd be actually really hard to get off.
Use phoenix TLC, then put a topcap and bolt through it(A.K.A HIC)
Haha that would probably work pretty good, concidering they still kept the threaded insert in.
Shit be stupid. No it's not simpler, as you have to buy parts all from the same company and all that shit. Also, with the shim being so thin(as its a shim), I bet you it would actually mold to the fork, not like with bars and threaded forks, much worse then that. Until it'd be actually really hard to get off.
R-Dubya
Steel Member
The shim is twice as thick as a normal shim, because it's for use with the HIC Suicides. But it's aluminum, as is the fork. I don't know about you guys, but I like to rely on threads that aren't going to strip easily to hold my scooter together lol.
Connzi machell
Member
^^ This. And oops sorry I didn't know about the shim, does this mean the HIC bars dont work with anything other then this? o.0
But yeah has aluminum threaded forks ever been done before or is this a first?
But yeah has aluminum threaded forks ever been done before or is this a first?
R-Dubya
Steel Member
Aluminum threaded forks have been done before, but I don't know how they held up.
And yes, in order to run TLC compression you need ALL Phoenix parts, including the 125 dollar HIC bars that are priced that way due to the HIC shim you get with them, which is useless since you need the threaded one. So you need Phoenix HIC bars, TLC forks, and the TLC shim, and you can't change out any parts for anything different or it won't work.
