Wow - that's really generous Ted, thank you kindly. I'll let you know how things proceed. Smart advice about paying attention to the axle/bearing seat distance and to the rake. I should take stock and note that a new fork won't necessarily be plug-and-play. No matter how much I would like that to be the case.
On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 7:49:37 AM UTC-8 Ted Durant wrote: > On Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 2:22:21 PM UTC-6 h...@chrisdedinsky.com > wrote: > > This week I was commuting home from work on my Heron. I got a flat on my > Challenge Strada Bianca 36 tires and on a whim—certainly inspired by the > recent 'Rondini' episode of Ron's bikes YouTube episode—decided to stuff in > a pair of much too large 700x42 Hurricane Ridge tires to enjoy until the > snow falls. > > > Yeah, the 40mm internal width of the original Heron fork crown puts an > unfortunate limit on tire size. For my ST-22 I requested that fork crown > because I wanted the round blades, as I was essentially trying to make a > Heron Road with a bit more clearance and fork rake. I have 45mm fenders and > 32mm tires on that bike, and the clearances are pretty tight. On the > Touring frame we added more vertical clearance, and that gets you only so > much additional horizontal clearance. > > When looking at swapping forks, pay close attention to the distance from > the axle to the top of the bearing seat. If that is significantly different > from the original, you'll change the head tube angle and therefore the > steering geometry. Also, of course, the amount of fork rake will affect > steering. I have the all the original Heron shop drawings, but they're in > storage. Let me know if you want any specific dimensions. > > Ted Durant > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/46edba0c-27fc-41c1-bda1-5dccc623a934n%40googlegroups.com.
