Looking for a fork for the A2T

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- February 12, 2011 at 11:06 pm
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Niika
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Now that the A2T is almost here, I need to find an appropriate fork for it. Any suggestions?

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- February 28, 2011 at 9:26 pm
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Niika
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The fork I ordered FINALLY arrived. It took ages to get here, and it looks pretty beat up, but seems to be functioning well. The steer tube needs to be cut, so I took it to my local bike shop to be assembled… it should be ready in a couple days…
- March 1, 2011 at 12:40 am
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mixalive
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Can’t wait to see the photos..
- March 2, 2011 at 12:41 am
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Niika
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I hope it works out OK. The guy at the local bike shop is not winning my confidence. He says that the guy who disassembled the bike (Bo) overdid it, and that he might have actually messed up the shifters by unnecessarily loosening the screws that hold the things together. He says that he’s not sure they’ll ever work again, AND that he’s never opened a shifter in his 15 years experience working on bikes. I just hope he doesn’t screw it up if it’s not already too late.
- March 2, 2011 at 5:05 am
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mixalive
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Opening up the shifters is what I consider normal maintenance. To replace a cable, the shifter has to be opened up.. Not a good sign, Niika..
- March 2, 2011 at 8:10 am
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Niika
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@mixalive wrote:

Opening up the shifters is what I consider normal maintenance. To replace a cable, the shifter has to be opened up.. Not a good sign, Niika..

Yeah, no kidding. I remember the maintenance video you posted on the other thread. I think I’ll go in first thing in the morning and stop him; he said he was going to start work on it in the morning.
- March 2, 2011 at 5:37 pm
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Niika
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Well, I collected my bike and took it to another bike shop that I feel batter about, but both shops say it’s totally unnecessary to open a shifter to change the cables. They said they just thread them through without opening it.
- March 3, 2011 at 1:12 am
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mixalive
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Right.. I stand corrected. But proves your new technicians are on their toes..
- March 3, 2011 at 3:44 am
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Niika
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Well, I still appreciate your warning, mix. Without it, I would have left the A2T with that guy I didn’t trust, and he probably would have messed it up. Believe it or not, it took courage to go in and get it before he’d worked on it, but I’m glad I did. I should be picking it up from the other shop tomorrow.
- March 3, 2011 at 4:35 am
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mixalive
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I have had the handlebar shifters on two different bikes lock up due to solidified lubricant. One was 10 years old and the other 16 years old. When I took them apart and re-lubed, both of them became operational again. My point being, it is hard to screw them up.. (Refering to your first technician’s statement..)
- March 3, 2011 at 5:44 am
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Niika
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Thank goodness! I was really worried there for a bit! Luckily the new technician seems much more confident. He says he’s even rebuilt the internal workings of shifters in about four hours before.
- March 3, 2011 at 8:37 pm
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Niika
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These bike people really bug me… but rather than going into all that, I will say that I got the A2T back, and it’s fully functional, shifters and all. I rode it for the first time and it felt GREAT! It’s been so long, it even surprised me! It really is far superior to any other bike I’ve ridden. Now I just need to convince manbeer to sell me his extra A2E frame so I can have an ongoing project to keep posting about! And I’ll post pictures of the A2T soon.