{"id":23,"date":"2009-09-07T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=22"},"modified":"2013-08-19T08:48:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T08:48:48","slug":"ewr-project-answer-accu-trax-re-wired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"EWR Project – Answer Accu Trax Re-wired…"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been following this you will recall I wanted to use an Answer Accu-Trax fork on this build. I wanted a rigid EWR and I believe this fork suits the frame well as it has nice chunky legs and is made of the same 4130 Cromoly as the frame, another thing I dig about Accu Trax is having the offset in the dropout as it gives a nicer ‘straight’ look to the forks, as opposed to the alternative which was a Kona Project 2 which have the offset at the crown.<\/span>

I picked these up from the USA via eBay and got them for a great price as they are 1″. Also they were threaded so I had a bunch of work to do getting these converted to threadless (see <\/span>HERE FOR DETAILS<\/a>) . The whole thing is a temporary fix cos the EWR is 1 1\/8″ and is suspension corrected so these 390mm forks might drop the front end too much. <\/span><\/p>\n

Long term I will get the geometry\/BB height 100% with a cunning plan….\"\"

I got a fellow <\/span>RetroBike<\/a> member to strip and repaint them yellow so they matched the frame better, I didn’t leave the frame with him so all he had as a reference was a tiny chip of paint. The result, plus some repro decals is ok for me and when I go for the permanent solution I will leave him the frame so the next set of forks can be matched 100%.<\/span>

Some progress shots of the work:<\/span><\/p>\n

Back from Dave Yates Cycles with ahead steerer conversion<\/span>
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Sandblasted ready for repaint<\/span>
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First coat of yellow over white base coat<\/span>
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Finished article with repro decals<\/span>
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If you’ve been following this you will recall I wanted to use an Answer Accu-Trax fork on this build. I wanted a rigid EWR and I believe this fork suits the frame well as it has nice chunky legs and …<\/p>\n

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