11-22-2010, 02:31 AM
I've acquired a very large and possibly non standard old steel frame I'm going to use to build up an expedition bike. This will be my first bicycle build so I'll be learning along the way.
I'm hoping to build it from bits around the place, on the cheap, wherever possible (mates dead bikes, local 2nd hand bike shop parts pile etc) Due to the size of the head tube (213 mm length) I can't just throw on any fork so it looks like I'll be ordering one off the internet.
There are a few cheap forks with 250mm+ steerers around that are 1 1/8. My question is, using the internal head tube diameter (30mm) how can I determine what the diameter of the steerer should be? And consequently the headset?
I'm pretty new to this game and I appreciate any help I can get on this.
Cheers,
Jack
I'm hoping to build it from bits around the place, on the cheap, wherever possible (mates dead bikes, local 2nd hand bike shop parts pile etc) Due to the size of the head tube (213 mm length) I can't just throw on any fork so it looks like I'll be ordering one off the internet.
There are a few cheap forks with 250mm+ steerers around that are 1 1/8. My question is, using the internal head tube diameter (30mm) how can I determine what the diameter of the steerer should be? And consequently the headset?
I'm pretty new to this game and I appreciate any help I can get on this.
Cheers,
Jack