Gus Boots Forks Garage Sale - Ideas?

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John Johnson

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Jul 22, 2021, 10:27:00 AM7/22/21

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Hello all,

I've seen the Gus forks up on the Riv site garage sale section. I'm curious if anyone has any ideas for a good frame that these could be used with. The 399 axle to crown is pretty short for a 27.5 frame, and even short for a lot of 1 1/8 inch 26" frames.

Any creative thoughts on a good frame that would work without throwing off the bike's geometry?

thanks in advance!

John

Christopher Cote

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Jul 22, 2021, 10:57:59 AM7/22/21

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Well, if you put one of these on an old "non suspension corrected" 26" MTB frame that expects a 405mm A-C crown, and use a 27.5" front wheel, it will lift the front end about 10mm, which is a good thing IME with old MTBs. Not sure how the increased rake and larger wheel will affect things. Maybe the decreased wheel flop will "cancel out" the effect of the larger wheel? Wild speculation on my part. I have a 1992 Trek 930 that would be a good candidate, but I've got too many irons in the bike project fire right now.