Raising threadless forks

Nubster

I'm considering replacing a suspension fork on a MTB frame with a rigid fork, for commuting. The forks will, I assume, be shorter than the suspension forks due to the added height the suspension adds, which will cause the bike to dip forward. Can I add spacers to the bottom of the steerer tube, sitting on the crown, to effectively lengthen the forks?

nicklouse

the ridged fork SHOULD be of a length that is comparable to the sagged sus fork.

and NO. But you can add spacers below the stem to raise the stem and bars.

Nubster

Thanks for that. Next question: how do I find forks that are longer? The ones I can find on Ebay seem to be standard size only.

Balaclavas

Look for suspension corrected rigid forks. On-one make them, as do a number of other companies.

Nubster

Cheers.

dgunthor

obviously, you want to measure the centre of the front wheel axle to the bottom of the fork crown race and find a rigid fork of comparable size - suspension fork length differs quite a bit

Nubster

Luckily some inexpensive ones on the On-One website are the perfect length, axle to crown.

dgunthor

great

The Rookie

Most MTB biased Hybrids as standard run suspension corrected as many shares frames with MTB's, 2 for certain are Carrera Subway and Marin Point Reyes.

Any MTB rigid fork is likely to be suspension corrected for obvious reasons.

Look at the Mosso lightweight ones on ebay.........