09-08-2008, 03:01 PM
Hi,
I'm trying to replace the fork of my bike - the current one doesn't have shock absorber. I took the new fork, which has shock absorber, from another bike I have, but when I had both forks out of the bikes I realized that their tubes (the parts that go into the frame) have different sizes. The tube of the new fork is thinner than the hole of the frame. Is it possible to change these tubes (although I haven't seen any screw to unscrew - they seem welded to the rest of the fork)? If not, does somebody sell something like a "tube adapter"?
Thanks!
PS: As I'm neither a native English speaker nor a cycling expert, I might be using a rather confusing terminology, so I attach a clarifying sketch![Smile Smile](https://forums.bikeride.com/images/smilies/smile.png)
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I'm trying to replace the fork of my bike - the current one doesn't have shock absorber. I took the new fork, which has shock absorber, from another bike I have, but when I had both forks out of the bikes I realized that their tubes (the parts that go into the frame) have different sizes. The tube of the new fork is thinner than the hole of the frame. Is it possible to change these tubes (although I haven't seen any screw to unscrew - they seem welded to the rest of the fork)? If not, does somebody sell something like a "tube adapter"?
Thanks!
PS: As I'm neither a native English speaker nor a cycling expert, I might be using a rather confusing terminology, so I attach a clarifying sketch
![Smile Smile](https://forums.bikeride.com/images/smilies/smile.png)
[attachment=13]