Make your own crown race setting tool for $5

What you need.

A trip to Home Depot or your equivalent local hardware building supply store.

For a 1.5" fork or tapered steerer tube forks:

1. PVC 1.5" cap
2. PVC 1.5" coupler
3. PVC 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" adapter
4. PVC 1.5" (40mm) pipe, (3 feet long)

 

 

All this I got for $5 + tax.

For 1 1/8" Steerer tubes:

1. PVC 1 1/4" cap
2. PVC 1 1/4" pipe (3 feet long)

This is even cheaper, $4!

These two setups work wonderfully as PVC being much softer than aluminum or steel, will not mar the crown race. Nor will it warp the crown race as the PVC will give under impact instead of the crown race. All we are trying to do is drive the crown race to bottom out with the fork crown. For home use these solutions works beautifully.