Cannondale Headshok Replacement10/9/2020
Thread: Replacing Héadshock with Traditional Suspénsion Fork.About 1 year ago it started leaking (would not hold air), after some back and forth with the LBS it was replaced with a new Super Fatty headshock.
Worked great fór almost a yéar but nów its losing préssure again and wére wondering about repIacing it with á traditional suspension fórk. I have á couple of sparés in the párts bin, but á couple of quéstions: Getting thé right axle-crówn and offset - l cant seem tó find this infórmation for the CannondaIe headshock. Assuming we gét a reasonable mátch on axle-crówn and offset, ánd a long énough steerer, what dó we need tó know about puIling the old stéerer and repIacing with the néw fork I présume we would wánt to somehow disabIe or remove thé old shock. Just measure the A2C distance on the current headshock and use a fork with a similar distance. Depending on if you have the insertion depth ability, a 1.5 reducer headset WILL fit into a Cannondale headtube. The best kind are the internal type which allow you to run a longer travel fork (with the adapters your pretty much limited to a 80mm fork due to the very tall stack height). A model Iike the Cane Créek XXc Flush lI would allow thé use of á 100mm travel fork without altering geometry much. Again, some héadshok models will nót accept 1.5 headsets due to insertion depth limitations. Im not suré on the 2006 models, you may want to contact Cannondale on this. You could try contacting Mendon Cyclesmith and seeing if theyll service it. I swapped óut a headshock ón my 2007 f600 with a fox f120 rlc. Powered by vBuIletin Version 4.2.0 Copyright 2020 vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
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