Headset to fork gap

shaun_wyatt

Hi,i a have a Cube agree pro alu frame and i am trying to fit Specialized FACT forks.I have the forks fitting with no movement in the headset but i have a 5mm gap between the bottom of the headset and the forks

Any help appreciated

Shaun

shaun_wyatt

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Specailized-Fo ... SwMgdX1whj

They are not the forks but you can see that the crown race is not at the bottom 4th pic along

cooldad

Looks like they were designed that way.

Bear in mind though that the crown race is part of the specific headset used, not the fork.

shaun_wyatt

Thanks i have a fully integrated headset.I will take some pics of my forks tomorrow there are at work at the moment

shaun_wyatt

https://ibb.co/gkHW5e

shaun_wyatt

https://ibb.co/fZOtJz

shaun_wyatt

Hope these pics help

mitchgixer6

Pretty certain that's not going to work. Must be a completely different design on the Specialised head tube compared to your bike.

jgsi

Those are tapered forks, not really working, so you could try
something akin to
https://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/cub ... een-684808

straight through forks.
Other brands are available, however , for cheaper.

The Rookie

JGSI wrote:

Those are tapered forks.

Are they? I don't think they are, tapered still have a parallel sided section at the base to take the crown race (and a much shallower taper), I think like the top photo Spesh do something whacky with their frame to take that fork while on another frame it will just stick out a bit.

shaun_wyatt

Thanks for the replies, i have ordered another pair and will be selling the other ones