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Offline alaskun

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anyone use flatware forks?
« on: November 11, 2015, 12:40:42 AM »
what's the biggest tire I can use on them?  I don't know if it makes a difference, but they're the 28mm/chase gouin model...



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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2015, 04:41:41 AM »
I investigated it a while ago, cant remember what I found out. There is information to be found though, google around.

I think I asked Pat from Flatlandfuel, he knew. I think that the 28mm CG model has terrible tyre clearence due to low crown.
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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2015, 06:57:18 AM »
I had a pair I got off bigben and i couldn't run a 2.25 aitken. Thinks I tried a 2.2 tww

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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2015, 10:59:03 AM »
if you got a grinder you could easily grind some of the material down from the crown that is just there bc the designer Chase G didn't like the toe of his shoe jamming in there a certain way.

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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2015, 01:33:24 PM »
i ran a 2.10 aaron ross tire when I had the zero offset forks, was pretty close.

also that looks like its going to be really awesome
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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2015, 07:43:06 PM »
The tire clearance on those is super minimal when it comes to tire height. 1.95 might be pushing it. The forks were marketed along with the 1.85-1.75 Chase G tires at the time amd clearance was perfect for foot-jam tricks. Width wise you were pretty okay to do up to 2.1 but you'd have to run your wheel lower in the dropouts.
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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2015, 09:58:18 PM »
I had a pair I got off bigben and i couldn't run a 2.25 aitken. Thinks I tried a 2.2 tww
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they were odyssey classic flats or whatever the old style odyssey forks were i think, pretty sure theyre not the flatware ones
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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2015, 05:08:07 AM »
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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2015, 09:39:49 PM »
I put a 2.0 tire in them today and there's plenty of room still.  I was wrong to be worried about it.

just curious - does anyone know if the dropouts on the regular flat forks are the same as the chase version, as far as peg clearance goes?
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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2015, 03:44:19 PM »
My friend was able to fit a 2.2 Chase Hawk tire in his zero offset flatware fork.

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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2015, 06:00:00 PM »
I put a 2.0 tire in them today and there's plenty of room still.  I was wrong to be worried about it.

just curious - does anyone know if the dropouts on the regular flat forks are the same as the chase version, as far as peg clearance goes?

should be the same
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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2015, 09:58:22 AM »
The Chase G Super Flat Fork is made with a traditional axle to crown dimension, while the other Flatware Forks had a shorter dimension to decrease the amount of space between the steerer and tire. The Super Flat also has the foreskin to bring the steerer as close as possible to a 1.75" tire as possible.

Worth noting, these forks were designed to be flat specific, so I am not sure how they would hold up for street riding.

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Re: anyone use flatware forks?
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2015, 11:36:03 AM »
welded steertubes do kind of almost look like it...

I tried a 2.25 glh last night out of curiosity, and it definitely doesn't fit

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