my old pub(ex mountain) bike has elastomer forks and after quite a long layoff it’s turned into a lowrider as the elastomers have given up the ghost
Spares aren’t available (well except at silly money via US, and it’s an 1″ headset etc etc), so I’m hoping to repair. On t’internet the suggestion was to find some suitable 40A durometer pu rod and drill to suit the elastomer skewers. I wasn’t able to find this (in viable quantities or price ) so I tried an initial bodge (suggested on here) of plastic wine corks – this failed as they were too large in diameter and not easy to narrow down.
I’ve now found – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Move-Moving-TM-Absorber-Polyurethane/dp/B00XKYU9LS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1448798764&sr=8-2&keywords=polyurethane+rod+18mm – which is right on the bodge money (£6) but gives no idea of hardness.
I can get 90 durometer rod but suspect it will be like rock and it’s over 30 quid
so just wondering if anybody knew the whereabouts of some 16mm ish round PU rod with a lowish durometer at pub bike fixing prices
Ta