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  • '96 Lava Dome
  • billytinkle
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    If I wanted to change the fork and headset on my old ’96 Lava Dome to a 1 1/8 threadless set up is it possible?

    Posted 10 years ago
    YoKaiser
    Free Member

    Yes, just need fork, headset and stem.

    Posted 10 years ago
    shermer75
    Free Member

    What’s the current set up?

    Posted 10 years ago
    billytinkle
    Free Member

    Current set up is all the standard stuff from ’96, so quill stem, impact headset and project 2 forks.

    Posted 10 years ago
    cp
    Full Member

    nice 🙂 I had ’95… miss that bike 🙁

    Why are you wanting to go threadless? Sus forks?

    Posted 10 years ago
    shermer75
    Free Member

    Doesn’t look like you can

    Posted 10 years ago
    shermer75
    Free Member

    Although…

    Posted 10 years ago
    cp
    Full Member

    You’ll not be able to go 1.1/8″ threadless, but you could go 1″ threadless with new stem, headset and forks.

    Posted 10 years ago
    Edric64
    Free Member

    Even mt 1993 Dawes is 1 1/8 and they have never been at the forefront when it comes to technology

    Posted 10 years ago
    cp
    Full Member

    ignore me, they were indeed 1.1/8″… so yes, not a problem to do the conversion, assuming your buying new threadless forks, headset and stem.

    Posted 10 years ago
    billytinkle
    Free Member

    That’s what I was hoping. So a fork with a 1 1/8 steerer tube and something like a hope traditional headset should do the trick?

    Posted 10 years ago
    cp
    Full Member

    yep

    Posted 10 years ago
    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    You’ll not be able to go 1.1/8″ threadless,

    Why not? Konas have been 1 1/8in since 1991 at least, they were in there right from the very beginning. I put a modern headset and 1 1/8in suspension fork in a mid 90s Hei Hei no problem at all. I can dig out pics if you don’t believe me! 🙂

    Posted 10 years ago
    billytinkle
    Free Member

    PeterPoddy – just because I’ll be doing similar soon it would be nice to see those pics if it’s not too much trouble?

    Posted 10 years ago
    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    Here you go, I’ve only got pics of it from when I sold it, but I had a Reba on there most of the time. That’s a Judy (from when they were good) on there in e pic, but it’s still 1 1/8in with a clamp on stem and aheadset


    DSCF0103 by PeterPoddy, on Flickr

    Posted 10 years ago
    billytinkle
    Free Member

    Much obliged Peter, good work 😀

    Posted 10 years ago
    cookeaa
    Full Member

    I converted a 95 fire mountain from 1-1/8th threaded to threadless. Knock out old headset, press in new one, simple…

    Posted 10 years ago
    cp
    Full Member

    Why not?

    You missed my subsequent posts correcting myself. For some reason I had it in my head that my ’05 one was 1″…

    Posted 10 years ago
    tpbiker
    Free Member

    PP, that looks amazing. I recently bought a 94 cindercone frame and forks which I was planning to restore and convert to a singlespeed….then I found out the wheels I expected to use with it had seized solid so its ended up as more clutter in my box room 🙁

    Posted 10 years ago
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