CurtisRider Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 I am going to weld on a front disc tab to my Pashley forks and I have drawn up a quick 2D design file ready to laser cut an acrylic model to test it all fits before getting it cut properly. Does this sort of design look ok? I have been looking at other disc tabs and this seems to be a pretty common shape, the only difference I have noticed is some have a cut out inbetween the mounting holes where it attaches to the fork...reducing the area for weld which I think I will avoid seeing as it is such a high streess area. The top section presumably is to disperse some stress up the leg, I know tuning forks had this and cracked there so i'm not sure whether to stick with it or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reynolds Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 I'd personally make the brace thicker and go up the leg a bit more. your right, it helps reduce the stress when breaking, and thats where most disk forks crack. If you have a look at trialtech forks, you can see how far up the leg the brace goes. Sweet idea though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted May 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Thats easy enough to sort! Yeah I did wonder about carrying it on a bit more, just wasn't sure how necessary it was really. Hoping to design a tab for the back as well soon, seeing as i'm designing horizontal dropouts for it anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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