Recent content by Jimmi

This bike isn’t even mine! It’s my friends, he hasn’t ridden it for about 15 years. He just had it it laying around in the garage.

Thanks for the help, I removed it using the Stanley blades and installed it with some plastic pipe.

I just got a magnifying app and I can see what I have to do now👍🏻👍🏻

The suspension forks are the ones I have removed as they are shot, the black Kona forks are the ones I want to fit, so it’s possible to swap the races? I can’t even see a gap between them and the fork! I really need glasses!

Once again I’m out of my depth and needing help! My friend has asked me to change his forks from his Orange P7 to some Kona Project 2. The fork just had a nylon washer between it and the bottom cup, these seem to have a race built in? Any help will be massively appreciated.

It has rusty old suspension forks, my friend just wants to go rigid

I should have been clearer. What I’m looking for is so hard to find! I’ve seen some on Aliexpress for £35 but don’t really want to go down that route. I guess I could convert the front to disc but then that’s a whole load of money. Or just run back brake 😏

Can you get those with cantilever bosses?

Any idea where I can buy one?

My mate has an Orange P7 and he wants help to get it back up and running, the sus forks are totally shot. I’ve found some cheap rigids that have a 390mm a2c the ones I’ve removed are 450mm. Will this be too much of a difference? I’ve never done this before so am worried it’ll look a bit “nose down”

Sorry to dig up an old thread but did you find anything?

Such a shame 😞

Not yet, this one was covered by scabby paint. I took a brake from fighting with the seat post and started sanding, then I saw it.

I’ve got and old stump jumper frame and I’ve discovered a small 2mm hole in a chain stay, I’ve never seen this before. But to be fair I’ve never tried to rescue a bike this old before. Obviously this isn’t a good sign, but how bad is it? I’m not in love with this frame but equally I’d rather not...