anyone use flatware forks?

[alaskun]

what's the biggest tire I can use on them?  I don't know if it makes a difference, but they're the 28mm/chase gouin model...

[JFax]

I investigated it a while ago, cant remember what I found out. There is information to be found though, google around.

I think I asked Pat from Flatlandfuel, he knew. I think that the 28mm CG model has terrible tyre clearence due to low crown.

[GUMP_]

I had a pair I got off bigben and i couldn't run a 2.25 aitken. Thinks I tried a 2.2 tww

[metalbmxer]

if you got a grinder you could easily grind some of the material down from the crown that is just there bc the designer Chase G didn't like the toe of his shoe jamming in there a certain way.

[paranoidmexican]

i ran a 2.10 aaron ross tire when I had the zero offset forks, was pretty close.

also that looks like its going to be really awesome

[torontoflatlander]

The tire clearance on those is super minimal when it comes to tire height. 1.95 might be pushing it. The forks were marketed along with the 1.85-1.75 Chase G tires at the time amd clearance was perfect for foot-jam tricks. Width wise you were pretty okay to do up to 2.1 but you'd have to run your wheel lower in the dropouts.

[dude...]

I had a pair I got off bigben and i couldn't run a 2.25 aitken. Thinks I tried a 2.2 tww

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they were odyssey classic flats or whatever the old style odyssey forks were i think, pretty sure theyre not the flatware ones

[Finn the Human]

A 2.thetwintowerswereaconspiracy.

[alaskun]

I put a 2.0 tire in them today and there's plenty of room still.  I was wrong to be worried about it.

just curious - does anyone know if the dropouts on the regular flat forks are the same as the chase version, as far as peg clearance goes?

[getzfafive]

My friend was able to fit a 2.2 Chase Hawk tire in his zero offset flatware fork.

[paranoidmexican]

I put a 2.0 tire in them today and there's plenty of room still.  I was wrong to be worried about it.

just curious - does anyone know if the dropouts on the regular flat forks are the same as the chase version, as far as peg clearance goes?

should be the same

[benward]

The Chase G Super Flat Fork is made with a traditional axle to crown dimension, while the other Flatware Forks had a shorter dimension to decrease the amount of space between the steerer and tire. The Super Flat also has the foreskin to bring the steerer as close as possible to a 1.75" tire as possible.

Worth noting, these forks were designed to be flat specific, so I am not sure how they would hold up for street riding.

[KillSeth]

foreskin

[alaskun]

welded steertubes do kind of almost look like it...

I tried a 2.25 glh last night out of curiosity, and it definitely doesn't fit