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Hi All - help needed - I'm confused by front forks
My son got a 2nd hand Oxygen E-Mate which has Suntour NEX forks - the alloy is cracked where the two lower legs are joined.
It's 26" wheel, disc brake, side-facing IS disk calliper mounts - 260mm long steerer tube 1 ⅛" dia.
Can I replace this with any old brand? We don't want anything mega expensive, it's only for road use
Sure you can. Just make sure the steerer tube on the replacement fork will fit into the head tube of your bike. Carefully match steerer dimensions vs head tube dimensions (diameter, length, tapered vs straight, etc) and you'll be fine. You may also need a new headset bearing depending on what you've already got installed. If you can just reuse the headset you've got then it'll be a bit cheaper.
Thank you - and is not 260mm very long for a steerer tube??
BenLow2019 wrote:
jayartibee wrote:
Hi All - help needed - I'm confused by front forks
My son got a 2nd hand Oxygen E-Mate which has Suntour NEX forks - the alloy is cracked where the two lower legs are joined.
It's 26" wheel, disc brake, side-facing IS disk calliper mounts - 260mm long steerer tube 1 ⅛" dia.
Can I replace this with any old brand? We don't want anything mega expensive, it's only for road use
Sure you can. Just make sure the steerer tube on the replacement fork will fit into the head tube of your bike. Carefully match steerer dimensions vs head tube dimensions (diameter, length, tapered vs straight, etc) and you'll be fine. You may also need a new headset bearing depending on what you've already got installed. If you can just reuse the headset you've got then it'll be a bit cheaper.
If it's only for road use I'd recommend a rigid fork. there are plenty available new but you will probably also have luck finding a take-off at a used bike parts shop if there's one in your town.
Your gonna have fun sorting a 2nd fork with uncut steerer, they come up occasionally just not often, if its a straight 1 1/8th straight steerer then settle in for a while, new maybe your sure way of getting a fork to suit, or perhaps send away and have a steerer replaced at cost, then you can choose any 2nd hand fork.
Some late 90s forks with the bolt up CSU steerer, can be had cheap, 1 1/8th straight steerer, switch steerer to length needed, its possibble to run a T6 Aluminium round bar in 28.6mm OD with 5mm wall to compamsate for the lack of heat treat, purchase in lengths up to around 1.5m, though you would have to plug and thread for stem bolt or run a through bolt out to the bottom of the steerer with a base plate of sorts.
Fox forks uncut steerers come in at 256mm, unsure on other brands.
Worth noting, if your in the USA there maybe liable issues with regards to steerer replacement, though not confirmed, some threads on here have shown dead ends to getting steerers replaced in the USA, whense, here in the UK and Europe replace steerers is undertaken by a few suspension shops
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