and always on that TV show collecting stuff
Woah, stop before you ruin anything! Take it to a bike shop and let them handle it for you.
Measure the old oneEdit: if you don't think your old forks have a headset you better take it to the local bike shop and have them do itEdit: You cant put a threadless fork on a bike that had a threaded headsetReturn the fork before you destroy it.
Listen to BikeworksWhen you cut a fork you only get one chanceDone wrong, your fork is scrappedThe fork must be cut to the correct length, and the cut end must be perfectly square, which is very hard to do without using a cutting guideIf you don't realize that you had a headset before, you don't know enough to cut your fork yourself Measure the diameter of the steer tube on your old and new forkIf the steer tube on the new fork is bigger in diameter STOPIt won't fit no matter what you do
I am quite confusedit SOUNDS like your bike is a threaded 1 style and you bought 1 1/8 threadless fork? (All bikes have headsets, BTW) There are adapters that go from a 1 fork so you can run a threadless stem, but nothing that converts it so you can run a 1 1/8 threaded fork to a 1 threaded systemCan you just tell us what bike (year, make, model) and what fork you have? Or just a picture of your bike and new forkWhatever you do DON'T CUT ANYTHING You might be able to get your money back or trade it or save it for your next bike.
I hoard books, magazines, fabric, yarn, cross-stitch kits, embroidery thread, knitting needles, crochet hooks, and china, AND I'M A DEMOCRATLearn the difference between the two verbs to hoard and to horde.
