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  Topic Name: PVC front fork adapters for forks without braze ons on: August 13, 2017, 07:08:21 AM
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« on: August 13, 2017, 07:08:21 AM »

I posted this same topic in the question and answer forum earlier this week and just now I discovered that there was a DIY forum. I appologize for double posting. I figured I should have posted here so I am redoing my post in the proper forum. I am going on an upcoming 4 day trip to SD on the Mickelson trail and wanted a better way to attach my Anything Cages to my front fork (which has no braze ons) instead of tape. Hose clamps are sketchy on this fork because of the taper. I got the idea of making adapters that would fit the contour of my front fork and that would have threaded bosses for the anything cage to bolt to. Since I don't own a mill or lathe I am stuck working with materials I can easily manipulate. I settled on PVC. I will spare you the long drawn out details as the pictures mainly speak for themselves without a lot of chatter to go with them. I will make a couple notes.......The oven was preheated to 270F and the PVC was put in for approximately 5 minutes each. If you don't get a good fit you can redo it as many times as you want. I was originally going to use PVC glue but a plummer told me it would not be strong as a surface contact glue so I settled on GOOP (or a variation of it). I sanded the gluing surfaces and put grind marks in my metal nuts so the goop would have a rough irregular surface to bite into. And 1 picture that is not shown........Once they were completed, I put a thin "bed" of GOOP in each piece to completely cover the nuts and give them more strength. If you spread the GOOP with your finger and set them on their back, the goop will "flow into a smooth glassy surface and dry that way. I then took a strip of duct tape, once dry to further protect things. I used a black paint pen found in a farm and home store to give it a black look to match the forks. It is pretty dang solid.


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  Topic Name: PVC front fork adapters for forks without braze ons Reply #1 on: August 13, 2017, 07:09:42 AM
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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2017, 07:09:42 AM »

continued


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  Topic Name: PVC front fork adapters for forks without braze ons Reply #2 on: August 13, 2017, 07:10:30 AM
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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2017, 07:10:30 AM »

continued


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