Hi and sorry if this has been done before.
I currently have a pair of rigid forks on my battered old bike which are using a 1 1/8" threaded headset and a quill stem. Basically I want to rip all of that off and replace it with a suspension fork with 85mm travel, a 1 1/8" AHeadset and some sort of AHeadset stem.
I have ordered a pair of Marzocchi MX Comp (2004) forks which have a 1 1/8" steerer tube and am a little bit worried that they might not fit. I haven't worked out what headset to use. probably a Cane Creek C2/S2 or FSA pig. Something along those lines anyway.
First question, will the headset and the fork phsyically fit on the bike?
Second question. How can I tell if the frame has been built with suspension correction as I am a little concerned the geometry might change significantly.
Third question. If the geometry does change can I "bodge" it by using a stem which has less of an angle than my current one? the current one has something like a 15 degree rise and I was thinking of putting on something closer to 5 degrees to correct any change due to the fork.
Would the above work or have I gone wrong somewhere?
Thanks for your help.
Dave
I currently have a pair of rigid forks on my battered old bike which are using a 1 1/8" threaded headset and a quill stem. Basically I want to rip all of that off and replace it with a suspension fork with 85mm travel, a 1 1/8" AHeadset and some sort of AHeadset stem.
I have ordered a pair of Marzocchi MX Comp (2004) forks which have a 1 1/8" steerer tube and am a little bit worried that they might not fit. I haven't worked out what headset to use. probably a Cane Creek C2/S2 or FSA pig. Something along those lines anyway.
First question, will the headset and the fork phsyically fit on the bike?
Second question. How can I tell if the frame has been built with suspension correction as I am a little concerned the geometry might change significantly.
Third question. If the geometry does change can I "bodge" it by using a stem which has less of an angle than my current one? the current one has something like a 15 degree rise and I was thinking of putting on something closer to 5 degrees to correct any change due to the fork.
Would the above work or have I gone wrong somewhere?
Thanks for your help.
Dave