Armen
Serious Thumper
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Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey
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So, here is the first attempt. 7068 aluminum. 5.45 oz instead of 14+oz. And that's without the right side steel spacer. Haven't done the deflection test. Instead of the right side spacer, I left the axle full thickness so that it shoulders against the right side wheel bearing. That means that the right fork leg doesn't have a spacer to rest against, but then again, a lot of new bikes do it like this. Reason of this is that I get to take advantage of the larger axle diameter for a much longer distance. In shafts, strength increases as does the square of the diameter. With the holycrap fork brace, I'm sure the lower legs will be where they are supposed to be. Guess I'll find out. Of course, the real load comes from the left side under braking. The next generation will have the axle coming in from the left. A bit more work.....
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