Taper to non taper conversion - does it work?

MagnePange
MagnePange Posts: 38
edited July 2012 in MTB workshop & tech
Hello!
Just one more tech issue - then I will leave you alone =)
I have a bike with a taper shape frame.

I think about a fork that has a non - taper shape - for my bike (RockShox Lyrik Coil). Canyon has some kind of device to fit a non taper fork to a taper frame. They claim this works. Anyone that has a second opinion to give?

Cheers
MP

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    There are many headsets out there that do this as well. There are also oversize crowns for some headsets.

    So yes it is posible. Presuming the fork has a 1 1/8 th steerer tube.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • MagnePange
    MagnePange Posts: 38
    nicklouse wrote:
    There are many headsets out there that do this as well. There are also oversize crowns for some headsets.

    So yes it is posible. Presuming the fork has a 1 1/8 th steerer tube.
    Thank´s - do you know if it works as well as fitting a taper fork to a dito frame? To me it sems like it should work out fine. But as they say: better safe than sorry.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Makes no difference other than the claimed benefits of a tapered steerer.

    Whatever they may be.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • MagnePange
    MagnePange Posts: 38
    That´s a good question!

    Thank´s

    / MP

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