IanMunro – Member
Looking good.
When are we going to see the 30mph to zero stoppie on youtube?
I’ll do what I can (with a static camera) over the weekend.
bristolbiker – Member
Chapeau Al – that’s pretty neat for a DIY job. I never said you couldn’t do it A couple of thoughts:
– One leg is now way stiffer than the other – do you notice this in the handling?
Not at all – I am not convinced it is actually stiffer
– Why put the mounts on the front (is it just to keep access to the mudguard eye?)? All the braking forces are putting your handywork into tension
1. Mostly to avoid the mounts compressing the carbon and possibly cracking it.
2. also to stop the axle lifting out of the fork-end….
3. and to make mounting mudguards easier.
– You’ve got a lovely stress concentration at the lower edge of the upper eye, where the fork section changes from very thick to very thin as it tapers toward the dropout. The caliper brace will add stiffness across the gap, but I’d keep an eye on this area as being the first place to give you problems (all else being equal).
Possibly – but hopefully the carbon wrap along the length of the upper mount is spreading the stress – the mount is actually pulling it down the fork leg as well as away from it.