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I'm looking to run a fork with a 1" steerer on my Kona Caldera, which used to have a 1 1/8" headset. I've got the 1 1/8" headset but what do I need to fit the fork? Are there spacers/reducers similar to the ones for 1.5" to 1 1/8"? Do I need a new 1" headset and would that fit straight into the Kona's headtube?
Cheers.
A 1" headset wouldn't fit the kona. Reducers probably exist.
But why!? What's the fork that's so great you can't bear to get rid?
I'm building the bike up into a winter commute/trash bike and one that I don't mind getting nicked when I go to buy the milk - so it's being built cheap as chips with whatever I can get! I know it sounds like scrooge but £30 is too much for a disc fork for this project - oh and needs to take 700c wheels too!
Haven't actually got the fork yet
I don't think that a 1" fork will be cheap or easy to find....
For the cost of headsets and reducers, you could just have one of these:
[url= http://cgi.ebay.com/MOSSO-Cycling-MTB-Aluminium-Rigid-Straight-Fork-Black-/120619551265 ]Ebay linky[/url]
I've had one on my hack bike for a few months now and it hasn't spontaneously combusted or anything (yet).
If you hunt around on ebay you can probably find a better overall price/postage ratio too.
I think you'll struggle to run 700c wheels too, unless you get (expensive) adapters or run discs
[url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BANKRUPT-700c-1-1%2f8%22-RACING-AHEAD-SILVER-BIKE-FORKS_W0QQitemZ380257977094QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=169455332729&rvr_id=169455332729&cguid=bbe6d0131240a0aad325ac25ffb01250 ]Ebay link[/url]
1 1/8 road forks for a tenner. You'll need road brakes but I'm sure they can be found cheaply
I seriously abused one of those ebay Mosso forks for a year or so on my singlespeed winter bike and I'm still alive!