[Closed] Guaranteed Death.......

Death is our only certainty.

Which on further investigation, seems likely to be premature!

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FFS.....

I can't think what reason anyone would have to do that... fatbike mod?

C'mon lets not been unfair. I mean whats the worst that could happen?

are immaculate accept a scratch next to crown

Oh yes. They looks perfect.

good grief. Perfect working order you say?

wouldn't recommend doing enduro with them cus marzocchi standard bomber forks are meant for freerid only

Rampage only, obviously.

**** me £85 bid? I'm sure I'd be lucky to get that for my unmodded Shermans (any takers?)

I think the mod adds value?

I think the mod adds value?

<Gets lump hammer and drill, heads to garage>

When asked what the plate and bolts are for I got this reply

The upper crown of marzocchi are usually much wider like boxer forks and love the effect it gives therefore the titanium plate let's it have a wider angle

chambord - Member

I can't think what reason anyone would have to do that... fatbike mod?

Somewhere on the listing he mentions Manitou - being that that bridge doesn't have the 'M' of a Marz bridge I'm going to say the following thought process happened...

"Oh shit, I've destroyed the lowers on my Marz forks"

"but it's okay, because I have a set of Manitou lowers in the shed"

"Oh dear, they don't appear to be wide enough"

"Vera!!! have you seen my hacksaw?"

So the extra holes?

Are they:

A: A really clever way to save weight
B: A indication that he made more than one attempt at bolting the fork together
C: A way of guaranteeing the lowers will fail catastrophically

Somewhere on the listing he mentions Manitou

Also note the scraped-off decal on the lowers.

Stanchions look to be in excellent nick though, so well worth it.

P-Jay, this is my conclusion as well, a brilliantly engineered solution I'm sure all will agree.

Richmtb, B with a side of C included.

[quote=richmtb ]So the extra holes?
Are they:
A: A really clever way to save weight
B: A indication that he made more than one attempt at bolting the fork together
C: A way of guaranteeing the lowers will fail catastrophically
D: Couldn't afford enough "titanium" to make the plate as wide as he first thought.

Love the fact that it's not even mentioned in the condition or description.
Good old ebay.

Maybe he saw [url= http://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/magura-engineers-diy-fatbike-fork/ ]this[/url] and thought he could do something similar but with [s]a much lower level of[/s] no expertise.

this is why I love STW, always something here to put a smile on my face

I'm intrigued by the tyre rub on the inside of the arch. "Flexy" springs to mind.

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Nah. I think there may be a slight dish problem in his wheel. In fact, that's some impressive clearance his mod has left him. 🙂

Nah. I think there may be a slight dish problem in his wheel.

I don't know why, but despite the quality engineering, the word "stiction" is now springing to mind.

I think the mod adds value?

It's got nothing to do with us.

At least he says they're not for Enduro.
Freeride only on these forks.
Perfect for some North Shore 10ft to flat or even the next Red Bull Rampage.

Not sure that frame he's had them on is meant to have that much travel either.

I wouldn't worry northernmatt, he's probably sawed the frame in half and spaced it out somehow.

Hypothetical question; what if someone with no knowledge of bikes or forks bought them and seriously injured themselves?
Considering that the seller is stating that they're original and safe, and suitable for freeride; could he be liable?

apart from my first impression of WT actual F, where did the 'zocchi thing even come from?

Those stantions looks like Manitou (they've got 'Hayes' etched into the top of them) and the sliders are reverse arch like Manitou so what part of them are actually Marzocchi?

And if they're both Manitou why is there such a big gap???

I'm really confused.

😯 😕 😯

Even more confused now - just noticed the 'M' in the crown, so why the Hayes branding on the stantions... 😕 😉

Hypothetical question; what if someone with no knowledge of bikes or forks bought them and seriously injured themselves?

They could own him with [s]half[/s] a third of a bomber, I suppose.

The Pinkster - Member
apart from my first impression of WT actual F, where did the 'zocchi thing even come from?

Those stantions looks like Manitou (they've got 'Hayes' etched into the top of them) and the sliders are reverse arch like Manitou so what part of them are actually Marzocchi?

The Hayes thing is a sticker. You can see the edge in one of the pics. Bodes well when everything else looks so pro.

I like the small detail that he uses nyloc nuts, but the screws aren't long enough to meet the nylon!

The Hayes thing is a sticker Shirley. Just like he appears to have a Thomson one on the other leg.

"perfect working order"

Well that's one way to describe them

I'm also pretty sure those are shill bids

A Gem.

Do you reckon he could convert my 26 forks to 29?
TF need to snap him up before someone else does.

SNap I see what you did there

As others say WTF goes through someone s mind to both do that then [ considerign the dish and tyre rub] consider it a success and fit for sale

FFS that advert going to take some beating (unlike the forks) so many levels of wrong.

Did he not realise that when he split the lowers the hub of the wheels would not longer fit properly as there would be a gap?

I thought it was a Go Pro mount in order to film his own suicide

I think all it needs is a lower plate. That part is just a fork brace, and it seems to have a through axle.

I rode motorbikes with much less bracing than that on rough roads, and at far higher speeds than that will ever see.

I would do the same, just tidier, and with a stiffer interconnection.

There's nought wrong with his idea, just the execution IMO.

Edit:

Here's one I prepared earlier with no brace at all (when it was hard to buy fatbike forks)

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There was a engineer a while back for Marzocchi (iirc) that cut a fork in half and widened the brace to fit on a fat bike. Cannot for the life of me find it now but his solution was a lot more thought out than that one!

Would duct tape work then? I have no metal plates available... 😆

There was a engineer a while back for Marzocchi (iirc) that cut a fork in half and widened the brace to fit on a fat bike. Cannot for the life of me find it now but his solution was a lot more thought out than that one!

just slightly neater

http://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/magura-engineers-diy-fatbike-fork/

Who in their right mind is bidding on these?

Epicyclo - how did you get those forks to work? Doesn't look to be too much room between the tyre and fork crown. I'm guessing you ran them locked out?

ha ha
After all this mud slinging it looks as though he's going to get a good price!
Who's laughing now

muddyground - Member
Epicyclo - how did you get those forks to work? Doesn't look to be too much room between the tyre and fork crown. I'm guessing you ran them locked out?

I seem to remember he had a build thread on here for them. The point was that they didn't work at all. You can see the seatpost clamps that hold the cut down lowers in the one position.

Edit: [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fatbike-forks-diy-no-welding-from-junk ]here.[/url]

My 26 er bikes have a future - off to the garage to lengthen the chainstays.
Hacksaw. Tick
Ally plate. Tick
Jubilee clips. Tick. ( for added safety)

zippykona,

Bin Dun

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/heckler-conversion-to-29er-o

[i]For the axle hub wich isn't included, distance is about half a cm, it literally can be moved that much to one side, it does not affect or change the look, just has to be a manitou sherman one.
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Okay cool no worries then, glad you put my mind at ease.

Sheesh.

I can't belive that there are bids up to £85 on these - I struggled to get there for some mint Shermans a couple of years ago.

As for the execution...Darwin's theory has fallen down here!

muddyground - Member
Epicyclo - how did you get those forks to work?

I built them to be rigid. It let me experiment with HAs and offsets.