Hey guys,
In my ongoing dilemma on whether to scrap both of my bikes for a new do-it-all bike, I've also contemplated my fork options on my existing bikes.
My '08 Slayer SXC 30 desperately needs a new fork as the stock Marz 55R is a pile of !@#!! and I'm not going to send it in one more time. My Bullit has an '06 66RC2X that is actually lighter than the 55 and is more plush than any 2012 product I've tried. Seriously, I hesitate to get rid of this fork.
So I was thinking, maybe if I could put an ETA cartridge in the thing, it would go nicely on my Slayer. I don't know much about Marzocchi these days. They used to be the best company in the biz, but now their quality is pretty much rock-bottom. Could I still get one of those old cartridges? My 66 is actually only about 1/2" taller than the 55, so I might be fine even without ETA, but on steep techy climbs it would be real nice to lower it down a few inches.
If I went that route, I'd just look for a newer DH fork to put on my Bullit. A Boxxer, perhaps? I was thinking about getting a more burly all-mountain bike like the SX Trail, but climbing my Bullit the other day vs. my Slayer I was like "damn, it's nice to climb a 31 pound bike that still rallies quite decently, rather than lug a 40 pounder up the hill just for the 10-20 seconds of true DH on the trail."
In my ongoing dilemma on whether to scrap both of my bikes for a new do-it-all bike, I've also contemplated my fork options on my existing bikes.
My '08 Slayer SXC 30 desperately needs a new fork as the stock Marz 55R is a pile of !@#!! and I'm not going to send it in one more time. My Bullit has an '06 66RC2X that is actually lighter than the 55 and is more plush than any 2012 product I've tried. Seriously, I hesitate to get rid of this fork.
So I was thinking, maybe if I could put an ETA cartridge in the thing, it would go nicely on my Slayer. I don't know much about Marzocchi these days. They used to be the best company in the biz, but now their quality is pretty much rock-bottom. Could I still get one of those old cartridges? My 66 is actually only about 1/2" taller than the 55, so I might be fine even without ETA, but on steep techy climbs it would be real nice to lower it down a few inches.
If I went that route, I'd just look for a newer DH fork to put on my Bullit. A Boxxer, perhaps? I was thinking about getting a more burly all-mountain bike like the SX Trail, but climbing my Bullit the other day vs. my Slayer I was like "damn, it's nice to climb a 31 pound bike that still rallies quite decently, rather than lug a 40 pounder up the hill just for the 10-20 seconds of true DH on the trail."
