Comments on: Fork Fixture

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:56:14 +0000

Dan — The new BQ shows a new version of the SON hub with special dropouts. No more plugs on the hub, the axle and dropouts carry the current up into the fork, then a wire goes to the headlight from there.

I”m enquiring about getting them, but I think they”d be for a later project.

By: dan n

dan n — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:35:36 +0000

i noticed in a previous comment something about schmidt hub/dropouts… can you elaborate on this?

By: Hahn Rossman

Hahn Rossman — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:32:39 +0000

Alex-
That looks great! I”m glad you tried building it the way Jeff likes. Please bring it along this weekend for the samba get together.
Tristram – I think you will find that the support for the fork blades is to ensure that they stay parallel to the axel axis and aren”t rotated around the steering axis. It doesn”t matter to how the bike rides but it’’s annoying to look down at.

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:53:43 +0000

Tristham — It would be easy to extend this to (c), just make another blade support and slide it down from above. I didn”t find it necessary on the one fork that I”ve built so far.

By: Tristram

Tristram — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:56:00 +0000

Great post. Thanks for sharing this.

I”m thinking along similar lines for my fork jig. I”m wondering about the support for the blades though. It seems like there’’s 3 posiblities:
a) no support
b) a support like yours that constrains the blades in one direction or
c) a support that clamps down from above as well, constraining the blades in both directions.

What made you chose b) ?

I”m begining to see what a) is bad idea, but I”m interested to hear your reasoning, and I”m wondering why go for b) rather than c)?

Thanks again for the great post.

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:12:30 +0000

Rory — I still want to talk to Schmidt about those dropouts, but I won”t be using them for this fork. At this point I just want to get the bike on the road.

Gareth — It is just a hobby/personal interest thing. I like bikes and I like working with my hands during my personal time. Right now I”m taking a lot of vacation from work and that is giving me time to work on the bike.

By: Gareth

Gareth — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:56:59 +0000

Another fascinating article. Are you planning on making bikes to sell or is this just a personal interest?

By: rory

rory — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:39:19 +0000

the fixture looks great! are you going to try to procure the dropouts for the new schmidt hub?

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:26:13 +0000

Nope, I used Alistair’’s bender. That is one item that I”m fine just borrowing someone else’’s. He’’s put a lot of effort into making a very good one, and it takes up a good chunk of space.

By: Jim G

Jim G — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:22:12 +0000

Hey Alex, how did you rake the fork blades — did you build a bender?