Theoretically, can you put a short travel (80mm) fork like the D.Street on a 24" BMX Cruiser?
24" Cruisers
- Thread starter IvanTheTerrible
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Yes you can. Quite a few people here have done it. Here is a truly horrible picture of my cruiser when I had my k2 smartfork on it. Somehow all my good pics of this setup seem to have disappeared.:mumble:
The bike was fun set up like this. It was fun around town and I even rode a 8+ mile XC ride on it this way. I wanted to do the local poker run but didn't have a mountainbike at the time. O_O
You might not want to use the P-Street fork though...the important measurement is the distance between axle and crown not the amount of travel. I've heard (don't know for sure) that the P-Street has close to the same axle-to-crown measurement as a 5" fork. :hot:
The bike was fun set up like this. It was fun around town and I even rode a 8+ mile XC ride on it this way. I wanted to do the local poker run but didn't have a mountainbike at the time. O_O
You might not want to use the P-Street fork though...the important measurement is the distance between axle and crown not the amount of travel. I've heard (don't know for sure) that the P-Street has close to the same axle-to-crown measurement as a 5" fork. :hot:
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So what should the A-C measurement be? What companies other than DK make a cromo 24" Cruiser? Anyone else have pics of these setups?
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Interesting... Marzochi doesnt show that measurement...
Haro makes a 24" version of their Backtrail, and FreeAgent makes a cruiser sized dirt jumper, and there are some companies that produce chromoly race frames including FMF, Brew, Diamondback, and BADD. I think S&M bikes made a chromoly cruiser at one point in time but good luck trying to find one.IvanTheTerrible said:
No one said it was good...I just said that's what I used.Bicyclist said:
I picked it up for ~$30 and have thrashed it and had almost no problems. I have ridden that fork so hard that the stupid battery part broke out. For a few months I took out the spring and just ran the fork zip tied at the bottom of it's travel because I had bent my rigid fork. The only breakage I've had after months of thrashing it with my 230lb self riding urban with it is on one xc ride the bolt that connects the cartridge to the lowers broke. And I was still able to ride the fork. I just didn't have any rebound dampening.
That K2 has been a much better fork than the Z3 that I had.
I wouldn't recommend it as a fork to seek out, but it works pretty good on a bmx cruiser as a cheap fork to thrash on. :love:
S&M still produces a 24" version of their chromoly RV Lite. Standard Bykes makes the 125R in both 20" and 24". Supercross and Schneider are bike companies that have chromoly cruisers as well. Checkout Dan's Comp's online catalog. http://catalogs.shoplocal.com/danscomp/
DK General Lee
Diamondback Mr. Lucky 24
Haro Backtrail 24
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Diamondback Mr. Lucky 24
Haro Backtrail 24
HOT!
Just rode the General Lee... looks like I might make the move!
those dk 24ers r cool