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  1. R

    Steel touring, gravel, comuting, expedition fork

    Hello Relja, I have a steel bicycle Merida with 28" wheels. It has a quill stem with threaded fork. I want to up-date it to threadless fork and AHEAD stem. I thought it would be easy to find such fork, but it is not. My requests are: - steel fork, threadless, diameter 1 1/8", i.e. 28,6 mm -...
  2. S

    Headset for 1" threadless fork (JIS, I think)

    Hi all! I recently acquired a couple of Time Feather Light 1" threadless forks. Now I'm trying to find a headset that will fit both the fork and the bike. I've looked at the headset bearing article (https://bike.bikegremlin.com/3476/bicycle-headset-bearings-standards/), which has been both...
  3. L

    Suspension forks types and maintenance intervals

    I need a suspension fork for my bike, which I use mostly for commuting. I am not interested in rigid forks. I am having a hard time understanding each type of suspension fork: Air + oil suspension uses air as a spring, and the oil for dampening. It light and very expensive compared to other...
  4. nomnq

    Suspension fork daily maintenance

    I am a happy owner of https://www.sram.com/en/rockshox/models/fs-parg-rl-a1. In a user manual they say to lube the upper tubes (attached photo). The thing is, i never do that kind of maintenance, i can only remove dust with a rag after a ride and nothing more. But maybe i should lube it as they...
  5. BikeGremlin

    Can I swap threaded 1 1/8" fork for a threadless one?

    A question I got in the comment section of the video about headset cup dimensions:
  6. A

    Removing Sr Suntour SF14 M3030 DS Fork

    I am trying to remove a fork from my bicycle. I removed the the handlebar and the top cap from the stem, but the fork still won't fall out. I even tried to tap it out using a rubber hammer, but no luck. This is how it looks like on top of the headset, do you guys have any idea how to take it...
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