Crank didnt spin
Gears didn't change because Deraileur was offset. Rust not chrome and of course suspension fork was locked and immovable. Three weeks of dipling, sanding, rehydrating and if course waiting for parts and i had her looking like this (See pic 1). Next day maiden voyage a 1/2 mile from my house I hear a crack a pop and I almost fly over handlebars. What happened? (See pic 2). So here is my ??? All i need is ONE downtube to a ROCKSHOX QUADRA 21R. I don't need the whole fork. Anone know how I can get just one yellow downtube? Anyone have one they can part with?
by Tingo_Ganas
9 Comments
Just replace the fork.
I have a mag21 from 1993?4? It’s in parts but I could be convinced to part with it.
The entire fork or just the drivers side downtube?
You sanded the chainstay?
Contact the Corvallis Bike Collective. It is run by volunteers and there are a ton of spare parts lying around. I recall seing a pair of red rock shox that was damaged on one side. You could probably just paint them.
https://www.corvallisbikes.org/
Might get more advice at r/vintageMTB
If one side cracked, the other side is likely going to do the same.
I would think the area that broke was weakened by being locked up and continued riding will result in breaking the other.
I wouldn’t spend any money on repairing it when it’s quite likely that it will soon force you to replace it entirely anyway.
My 2¢. Please be careful.
Geez, I just gave away some old rockshox forks because you can’t get parts to service them.