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Author Topic: I have a carbon girvin fork but it needs a disk mount  (Read 4456 times)

kitching

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I have a carbon girvin fork but it needs a disk mount
« on: November 17, 2016, 01:04:58 am »
Hi yall,

First post on here but i have 2 girvin proflex forks 1 carbon witha ti spring in great shape and 1 aluminum (first gen) that i use mostly for parts if needed.

Anyways im doing a vintage build with a klein mantra and i have a disc adaptor for the frame but not the fork after searching high and low i found this forum and its how to's now ive read in depth but i need to see the pictures to really get a sense of what im doing i have access to all the tools and parts required i just need some guidance.

If anyone can help me please let me know asap!

Thank you.

Colin

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Re: I have a carbon girvin fork but it needs a disk mount
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2016, 08:54:21 am »
aaaah, I see, the photo's are missing from OP's fabrication description:-
http://idriders.com/proflex/tech/tech_op2.shtml
Can an Admin recover them.....?????

Col.
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serviceguy

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Re: I have a carbon girvin fork but it needs a disk mount
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2016, 03:35:30 pm »
I am in the same boat. I've got all of the parts, kind of figuring out things looking at the pics from this member's gallery

http://idriders.com/proflex/smf/index.php?action=media;sa=album;in=26

(even though I noticed that the best pictures seem to have been taken down)

and going by the instructions from the how tos. I haven't tackled the fabrication just yet, but the 1-3/8 ID seems a little small at a first glance...

'97 PF 957
'97 PF 857
'98 K2 1K
2 x '98 K2 5K
2 x '98 K2 4K
'02 K2 Bmp Mnk
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'15 Salsa El Mariachi
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Re: I have a carbon girvin fork but it needs a disk mount
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2016, 02:05:01 am »
There's a few photos on OP's album so you can see what the finished item looks like. Or alternatively if you can find one, HOPE did a bolt on clamp to match up to their disc brake system. The clamp only fitted the carbon leg as the aluminium legs are a slightly smaller diameter and were never considered strong enough to take a disc brake.

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