You say the bottom bearing seat is 47mm and your drawing says it's 46mm. What about 46.85mm? Also, what is the OD of the steerer tube at fork crown?
Fitting Tapered Fork onto Giant Hybrid with Overdrive head tube.
Have gotten a spare Giant Escape 2020
hybrid and in the process of building it up. On the website it mentions it has overdrive headtube dimensions.
It comes with a heavy steel front fork and I can get a carbon fork for cheap. The carbon fork is tapered.
I have removed the lower headset components (including the cup that's pressed into the headtube and now its looking like it's an integrated headset, I have gone through multiple sites but have yet to determine if there is any way to get a tapered 1 1/8 - 1.5 to fit into the head tube. The top of the fork slides through the existing top headset with no problem. I can re-use the top bearings and all the etc components. It is the bottom which I am not sure of.
Testing of a similar tapered fork from another bike allows it to sit nicely on the headtube but I have yet to figure out what's the proper interface / bearing at the bottom that allows it to function properly (if it's even possible)
Measurements show a 47mm OD (pic edited. dimensions confirmed) and a 42mm after the "beveled edge"
Added the fork dimensions for reference
Is it even possible to fit this fork and what is the lower headset components I should be looking at to get this to seat properly?
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hybrid and in the process of building it up. On the website it mentions it has overdrive headtube dimensions.
It comes with a heavy steel front fork and I can get a carbon fork for cheap. The carbon fork is tapered.
I have removed the lower headset components (including the cup that's pressed into the headtube and now its looking like it's an integrated headset, I have gone through multiple sites but have yet to determine if there is any way to get a tapered 1 1/8 - 1.5 to fit into the head tube. The top of the fork slides through the existing top headset with no problem. I can re-use the top bearings and all the etc components. It is the bottom which I am not sure of.
Testing of a similar tapered fork from another bike allows it to sit nicely on the headtube but I have yet to figure out what's the proper interface / bearing at the bottom that allows it to function properly (if it's even possible)
Measurements show a 47mm OD (pic edited. dimensions confirmed) and a 42mm after the "beveled edge"
Added the fork dimensions for reference
Is it even possible to fit this fork and what is the lower headset components I should be looking at to get this to seat properly?
