Re: [RBW] Re: Hillborne fork on a Heron?

[Brian Turner]

I just want to chime in to say, that’s the sexiest Heron I’ve ever seen. So well done! 🤘🏼 On Nov 9, 2023, at 7:10 PM, Chris Dedinsky <h...@chrisdedinsky.com> wrote: Appreciate the threadless insight too Wes. I wouldn't have considered that as an option. Bit I'll keep it in mind as I do a bit more research. Thank you! On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 7:52:34 AM UTC-8 Wesley wrote: Just FYI, you have more choices than you might think with the fork. If you find a fork you like but the steerer is too long, you can still use it! If the upper race can't thread all the way down to the cup, you can swap your headset for a 1" threadless headset, and screw the top nut not the fork threads to provide preload to the headset without having to use the typical internal nut of a treadless headset. This means you can still use a quill stem with a threadless headset! I did this recently with a threaded fork having a veeeery long steerer in order to get my handlebars higher. Happy to provide ics later if that would be helpful. -Wes On Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 12:22:21 PM UTC-8 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. Which should be pretty quick here in British Columbia's southern interior. The fork clearance is decidedly too tight and perhaps irresponsible, if not dangerous. I'm gonna keep my fenders on as I'm not sure how long this experiment will last. So far a couple of sporting trips back and forth to work.  It has got me thinking though, has anyone out there modified their Heron to have more modern Riv tire clearances? In the vein of a Sam Hillborne. I was daydreaming about putting a more tolerable fork and crimping the chainstays, so I could run up in the +45 range. Although the rear wheel has much more than a few sheets of paper in clearance and the irrevesability of crimping makes me nervous.  Would love to hear any thoughts on the pro's/con's. And if there are any extra hillborne forks out there for a ~57 frame, I may be interested. If so, I can give specs. I know I should leave a perfectly wonderful frameset alone, but I can't help but wonder about it.  Here are some pics that make the fit seem even more dramatic on that front fork.  -- 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/a8dd316e-0bd3-4f64-ade3-1d3e78e30e4en%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/764A9926-7174-41BE-A0BC-71127F8ED135%40gmail.com.