Author Topic: prince alberts and stupid fork/stem combo (Read 4010 times)

kev-s · « **on:** June 16, 2012, 05:36 PM »

bought a set of prince alberts from dan the other week, which had a bubble gum repair weld around the axle boss (not done by dan!!)

30 mins with the dremel and a light bit of sandpapering and i got the weld down to a acceptable state, didnt want to take it any further than this and risk causing damage, just got to finish the prep and then paint em black

next i bought a mk2 dirtbike frame with 1" stupid fork and stem combo with a few other bits too, sold the dirtbike frame on but have kept the forks and stem, which were a little rusty in places, quick going over with some coca cola and tin foil and they have come up nice

all this is going onto my mk3 holmes and the profiles and dk stem off the holmes will go on the zima build and the 1in ditchforks will stored for future use

Dannywhac · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2012, 05:47 PM »

Nice Kev

Bugger me - Woodbridge sales have taken off here - first Betty, now you Kev

harris · « **Reply #2 on:** June 16, 2012, 05:51 PM »

glad they arrived ok mate and cleaned up nice.

Betty · « **Reply #3 on:** June 16, 2012, 05:53 PM »

Thought i'd seen that Dirtbike before

Nice little pick up Kev, at least the crank arm wasn't welded to the axle

Haven't forgot about those other cranks, i'll send some pics this weekend

kev-s · « **Reply #4 on:** June 16, 2012, 06:01 PM »

cheers guys

danny woodbridge sales? u have lost me though i am drunk and southern lol

dan im quite surprised how well the arm has come out, cheers for sorting them for me

mark the dirtbike was a steal really, missed it the first time so when i was outbid on dan's wal i thought this time ill have it and just move the frame on as i was only really interested in the forks and stem combo, even has the og top nut they came with as std, guy i got it from bought it all brand new back in 94

k let me know when u got the pics, may move my profiles on and have the gt's for the zima

Dannywhac · « **Reply #5 on:** June 16, 2012, 06:26 PM »

Quote from: kev s on June 16, 2012, 06:01 PM

cheers guys

danny woodbridge sales? u have lost me though i am drunk and southern lol

dan im quite surprised how well the arm has come out, cheers for sorting them for me

mark the dirtbike was a steal really, missed it the first time so when i was outbid on dan's wal i thought this time ill have it and just move the frame on as i was only really interested in the forks and stem combo, even has the og top nut they came with as std, guy i got it from bought it all brand new back in 94

k let me know when u got the pics, may move my profiles on and have the gt's for the zima

Heh - the DB came from Woodbridge, Suffolk same as Betty's PA's

And I'm drunk and northern

Love them forks Kev - was tempted meself but no cashola!

kev-s · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2012, 06:57 PM »

ahh k, knew they were from suffolk but didnt take any notice of exactly where

i didnt really have the cash either, had to use my old fools cash, hence moving the db frame straight on to get the cash back!

Jaymz · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2012, 08:59 PM »

Kev are they 1 inch threadless forks and matching stem?

Dannywhac · « **Reply #8 on:** June 16, 2012, 09:02 PM »

Here you go Jaymz - from Alex's S&M Forks thread:

'Finally, there was the Stupid fork, or Menstrual fork. This was a 1” clamp on stem and the steer tube was machined down from one thick tube (rather than several tubes over each other). The dropouts wrapped round under the leg, (the same as Oversized pitchforks started doing). There was also an extra tube pushed inside from the top to help strengthen the stem clamp area, and this was welded round the top. On these forks, the clamp on area was just under 1” diameter (not sure why). This meant they would only fit with S&M 1” Clamp on stems. The redneck and the menstrual stem (similar to the challenger stem) were both available in 1” and 1 1/8” clamp on versions.'

Jaymz · « **Reply #9 on:** June 16, 2012, 09:04 PM »

the stupid fork, not all that popular then, I've heard of one inch threadless as KHE seemed to do a few bitd, but never seen a 1inch aheadset before, gotta be getting rare now

kev-s · « **Reply #10 on:** June 16, 2012, 09:34 PM »

yep its a basicly a 1in threaded clamp on setup, headset fits exactly same as a normal one and the stem just clamps on and dosent have a a compression nut etc...

wasnt around long due to 1&1/8th coming along with a year, rarest version is the menstrual ditchfork version

brummie · « **Reply #11 on:** June 16, 2012, 09:46 PM »

nice kev
could use some pa decals meself

kev-s · « **Reply #12 on:** June 16, 2012, 09:48 PM »

1in menstrual ditchforks

pa decals do pop on ebay now and again and im sure del does them too

Leatherman · « **Reply #13 on:** June 17, 2012, 01:46 AM »

Quote from: kev s on June 16, 2012, 06:01 PM

even has the og top nut they came with as std, guy i got it from bought it all brand new back in 94

What is this "og top nut" you are referring to Kev?
Great job on touching up the P/A's, they are few and far between these days.
That black 1" stem has got to be pretty damn rare.

I have a stupid fork combo and love it.
This is what i am relearning dirt jumping on:

kev-s · « **Reply #14 on:** June 17, 2012, 08:11 AM »

basicly when u bought a stupid/menstrual fork and stem combo they came with a open top lock nut unlike say a beartrap one which has a lip stopping it going further down the thread, the one supplied by s&m allows u to wind it past the top threads on the steer tube

here's a pic from a s&m ad at the time

i take it yours dosent have one fitted going by the pics?

Leatherman · « **Reply #15 on:** June 17, 2012, 04:47 PM »

No mine doesn't, the DK headlock i have on there is open at the top so it kinda does the same thing.
Thanks for the info.

kev-s · « **Reply #16 on:** June 17, 2012, 04:49 PM »

cool

harris · « **Reply #17 on:** June 19, 2012, 05:53 PM »

i found a few pairs of 1" stupid forks here all with that top nut on,never noticed it before .
you got it built up yet kev.

kev-s · « **Reply #18 on:** June 19, 2012, 06:20 PM »

nice, what if any stems you got for em dan, 1in redneck, 1in challenger or a 1in menstrual?

forks & stem are on the mk3 holmes, pa's go to the powder coaters on fri, will take a pic once there done and on the bike

harris · « **Reply #19 on:** June 19, 2012, 06:27 PM »

running a hoffman early 1" stem on one set,gsport clamp on on another ,nothing on other set.

kev-s · « **Reply #20 on:** June 19, 2012, 06:30 PM »

cool, non hub gsport stuff is so rare, people forget george also made stems, bars, forks, even a proto frame iirc

Dannywhac · « **Reply #21 on:** June 19, 2012, 06:38 PM »

Quote from: kev s on June 19, 2012, 06:30 PM

cool, non hub gsport stuff is so rare, people forget george also made stems, bars, forks, even a proto frame iirc

Don't forget the Nuggets - solved all them AD990 block set-up woes

harris · « **Reply #22 on:** June 19, 2012, 06:42 PM »

yep had this g sport nimrod bloody years plus got the gyro plate off twobobrob with lock nut rare as.

kev-s · « **Reply #23 on:** June 19, 2012, 06:50 PM »

cool, forgot about the gyro plate

winstanleys still have the nuggets

http://www.winstanleysbmx.com/product/18638/GSport_Nuggets

harris · « **Reply #24 on:** June 19, 2012, 07:06 PM »

i got a pair here ,never used them .

Author Topic: prince alberts and stupid fork/stem combo (Read 4010 times)

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