Tange forks steerer

[kaiser]

Question about tange forks steerers, the removable type found on switchblades/shockblades and antigravity forks. Has anyone got a method/bodge way of replacing them? Currently have a short 1"threaded and looking to go threadless. Hang out for a repalcement steerer, fabricate one use summat else? Any thoughts?

 

[cchris2lou]

I think early RS ones fit .

 

[kaiser]

Chris do these have the kinda angled steerer?

 

[cchris2lou]

I think so , but you wont find one threadless . too early for that .

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Hard to say without seeing a pic, but if these are the ones I'm thinking of, the steerer is just a standard plain 1" steerer tube with a groove cut in the bottom for a circlip. You should be able to buy a length of 1" threadless steerer tube from Ceeway or a local framebuilder, and have an engineering firm mill the necessary groove, then switch the circlip and bearing seat from the steerer you have. I was looking into doing this a while ago with a Tange Switchblade and a long stainless Metax steerer, but I found another suitable fork to do the job.

 

[pinguwin]

I think so , but you wont find one threadless . too early for that .

Unless you get one made for a larger bike and is still long enough after cutting off the threads.

 

[mattbrown]

I have a 1" threadless on my shockblades, with an alu adapter in it, the adapter does look like a bodge job