Can it be done? I just busted up my 2nd Gold Label and need a new fork. I'm thinking about picking up the Black Market rigid, but it has 3/8" (10mm) dropouts. I don't really want to buy a new front hub. What are my options?
Now there's an idea.Maybe Gregg Melms can hook you up
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2736520&postcount=116
Yeah, that's def an option. I'm just kinda stoked on the idea of a light, quality rigid from blkmrkt.How bout the DMR trailblade, its 20mm
You're saying that you have to grind down the marmoset axle to make it fit? Or, will the stock marmoset axle work? This sounds like it could be an easy option if this works...Use the original collars and og Marmoset axle w/ those "bearing lips" shaved off. Then it'll be 100mm wide and the axle will just slide in but pls note you need to tighten down the bolts even to make it work.
Ummm... how long would it take to grind down those shoulders on a sidewalk? That's about the only way I have of doing it.Yes Cru, you'd have to turn those shoulders down to the OD of the axle. Then it will slide in your existing 20mm hub. You still need some sort of cone / spacers that will result in an overall width of 100mm though.
But I suppose if you can turn the axle down, you can also remove 5mm from each side of whatever spacer you have now...maybe.
GM
That's one of my other concerns with it. My gold label has a 480 a2c. The blkmrkt is 435. That's a huge difference. I don't think I'd mind the head angle getting steeper, but it would also lower the bb quite a bit, which I definitely don't want.My only worry is that it would be too short.
your bike could use a little steepening anyway, it steers like a freakin' sled.
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It felt like a DH bike to me, I think you could get those 3's you were trying to. Go steep, go deep.
The silly high bb is the key to it's radness. It's not even silly high... 13 = perfect (or, maybe a little low) & boostitude. I'm all for the steepening.because the green simpleton has such a silly high bottom bracket, the s&m fork would be a perfect match for your frame IMO. your bike could use a little steepening anyway, it steers like a freakin' sled. it would then feel and ride like an identical version of the brown bull...
oh yeah, i think you should ask mike if he has something for your hub, i'm pretty sure he does...