will ladies 26 inch middleweight for work for mens?

[soulshine73]

i am sure this question has been asked many times before, so please for give me.

before i go buy a ladies 26 inch middleweight bike for parts, will the ladies fork fit the mens without any problems

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

You need to match head tube length. Most ladies are longer. They can be cut down . The threads and keyway will need to be cut as well.

i am sure this question has been asked many times before, so please for give me.

before i go buy a ladies 26 inch middleweight bike for parts, will the ladies fork fit the mens without any problems

 

[Gordon]

I believe the Schwinn middleweight forks are all the same length.

 

[HEMI426]

I bought girls bike and found out they put a boys fork on it, but the only way they could get it to fit, was to not put in the bottom head tube bearing. Thats how I found out the hard and expensive way. If I remember it was an Elgin.

 

[Freqman1]

Yep tell us what you’re working on. V/r Shawn

 

[Rivnut]

I had to cut down a ladies’ Elgin fork to work on a men’s’ bike.

 

[dirtman]

I've got a few Typhoon frames and a couple of Hollywood frames hanging side by side and the Hollywood appears to have the same head tube and same geometry as the boy's frame the headtube, down tube, bb, and rear stays are all the same angle and length with them all hanging by their rear dropouts. I have a pair of 1970 Typhoon forks in hand and it's steer tube is 6 3/4", and it seems to fit just fine in a Hollywood frame. The only difference is color in most cases.
I do know that the 26" lightweights share forks between men's and ladies models, I've swapped them before.

 

[Rivnut]

I've built a few men's bikes by finding a men's frame and a cheap ladies' bike. Swap everything to the men's frame and ride with pride.

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

I've got a few Typhoon frames and a couple of Hollywood frames hanging side by side and the Hollywood appears to have the same head tube and same geometry as the boy's frame the headtube, down tube, bb, and rear stays are all the same angle and length with them all hanging by their rear dropouts. I have a pair of 1970 Typhoon forks in hand and it's steer tube is 6 3/4", and it seems to fit just fine in a Hollywood frame. The only difference is color in most cases.
I do know that the 26" lightweights share forks between men's and ladies models, I've swapped them befor

Wow need to pay attention. Yes the schwinn middle weight ladies share same fork with mens.

 

[coasterbrakejunkie1969]

I've built a few men's bikes by finding a men's frame and a cheap ladies' bike. Swap everything to the men's frame and ride with pride.

Some of the nicest parts of my mens bikes came from lady donars. Girls don't beat there bikes like boys.