Anyone make straight steerer forks?

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Anyone make straight steerer forks?
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flag benneyboi
Posted: Jul 31, 2022 at 9:39 Quote
I was looking to upgrade my little bros fork but he has a straight steerer tube. Do any of you know if anyone makes a straight steerer, 27.5, air fork anymore? Or any ideas? He has a 2019 Specialized Rockhopper.
Thanks!
flag kiranseligman
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Posted: Jul 31, 2022 at 13:18 Quote
benneyboi wrote:
I was looking to upgrade my little bros fork but he has a straight steerer tube. Do any of you know if anyone makes a straight steerer, 27.5, air fork anymore? Or any ideas? He has a 2019 Specialized Rockhopper.
Thanks!

They do, although I’d say if your brother wants to keep riding and needs a better fork, the rockhopper is not the bike to upgrade. I always tell customers who buy them that because it has quick release skewers you will, as you progress, quickly learn the downsides of them. The wheels will start coming loose as you ride harder and it becomes a safety hazard. I’d highly recommend not upgrading the rockhopper and just invent in a new bike once he needs it. You can find some used hard tails that have great components for under 1500 and selling the rockhopper will also give you some money for that.
flag benneyboi
Posted: Jul 31, 2022 at 17:16 Quote
So, he’s still a beginner and he is just starting to get out of green/blue trails and I feel bad taking home down some of the trails I like to ride. This for would just be a temporary upgrade until he gets a new bike next year, when he can afford it. What companies make the forks?
flag barp
Posted: Jul 31, 2022 at 17:23 Quote
There are 27.5", straight steerer, non-thru-axle forks currently available from RockShox, Manitou, and SR Suntour.
flag commental
Posted: Aug 1, 2022 at 5:26 Quote
barp wrote:
There are 27.5", straight steerer, non-thru-axle forks currently available from RockShox, Manitou, and SR Suntour.

If you can't find a QR version it's also easy to convert from thru axle to QR with something like this;
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/nukeproof-conversion-kit-15mm-to-qr/rp-prod80192?gs=1&sku=sku311223&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=base&gclid=Cj0KCQjw852XBhC6ARIsAJsFPN2FpLfQU7evd0kjWwmIPZLv09AgaxTp4qXaH9v8G9vKRT4hjgl0hRsaAjHLEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
flag barp
Posted: Aug 1, 2022 at 9:13 Quote
commental wrote:
barp wrote:
There are 27.5", straight steerer, non-thru-axle forks currently available from RockShox, Manitou, and SR Suntour.

If you can't find a QR version it's also easy to convert from thru axle to QR with something like this;
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/nukeproof-conversion-kit-15mm-to-qr/rp-prod80192?gs=1&sku=sku311223&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=base&gclid=Cj0KCQjw852XBhC6ARIsAJsFPN2FpLfQU7evd0kjWwmIPZLv09AgaxTp4qXaH9v8G9vKRT4hjgl0hRsaAjHLEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

That product lets you put a thru-axle hub in a QR fork. If anything, OP would be trying to put a QR hub in a thru-axle fork (which is not possible, unless the hub is convertible to thru-axle by swappable end caps).
flag commental
Posted: Aug 1, 2022 at 10:58 Quote
Doh, yes sorry, I got it the wrong way round.
flag muddytreker
Posted: Aug 1, 2022 at 11:57 Quote
This keeps coming up, so,
Theres this guy

Guy who rocks in New Mexico ?

https://www.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=233583&pagenum=1

2nd hand Ebay or get steerer switched, links in posts in link above, though it seems to stop
with the Guy who rocks in New Mexico ? for you guys in the US
flag muddytreker
Posted: Aug 1, 2022 at 12:06 Quote
https://www.facebook.com/blueliquidlabs/
flag benneyboi
Posted: Aug 1, 2022 at 12:06 Quote
Thanks so much for all the help! I will definitely take a look at converting that hub.
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