yeah, gold spring...makes the sherman THE ultimate park/dj fork IMO.
24 inches of love
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It does move a bit, but it is really stiff, but buttery smooth! They polished all the internals, and put some Ti parts inside. The biggest bonus it that it weighs 4.5 lbs.!Mr Tiles said:
You can ask Brad to set you up with a 65mm, 70mm, or 80mm travel fork, depending on which one you want.
Got to torture her today, with a 3+ hour ghetto wallride session.
Stoked - no need to thank me - that spring mod is all from Sean and Lee @ USB - I was just forwarding some info 
Vas - let me know if you have any questions on the mod - it's really straight forward but in case something comes up.
Vas - let me know if you have any questions on the mod - it's really straight forward but in case something comes up.
that baby blue Tonic is flippin' sweet. Nice and clean.
Not photoshopped...just balanced levels using the auto levels tool, but no editing. He was panning along with me, and the other 5 frames he shot were really blurry, but this one was ok.kenjikuro said:
Theres a few more pics here:
Link to Hcor
Link to Hcor
That be CLICKED!
DAMN!
Nice pool....
Nice pool....
nasty turn down....
that move is so awesome, especially on a 24. I have many things to aspire towards 
Hey everyone, I'm new to the ride monkey forums. Thought I'd join as I just put my deposit down for a Fall Guy, and can hardly wait! Looks like every one's pretty stoked on it; some pretty sick builds on here. I'll be coming over from a brodie miscreant, so it should be a welcome change for riding the park!
Right now I'm running a 06 DJ 3, and from what I've read this is a bit too much for the frame. Can I go about lowering this myself? Is it fairly easy? Or are there kits out there? Do I have to send my fork away to have it lowered? I'm also wondering what type of hub I should get, nothing ridiculosly expensive, but something thats gonna last; I've seen quite a few of the odyssey cassette hubs, is this the way to go? And I really want a set of those 2.1" tioga fs 100 tires, is there any shops that I can order from that carry these?
Any one riding a FG in B.C. ? Or am I going to be the first one?!
Right now I'm running a 06 DJ 3, and from what I've read this is a bit too much for the frame. Can I go about lowering this myself? Is it fairly easy? Or are there kits out there? Do I have to send my fork away to have it lowered? I'm also wondering what type of hub I should get, nothing ridiculosly expensive, but something thats gonna last; I've seen quite a few of the odyssey cassette hubs, is this the way to go? And I really want a set of those 2.1" tioga fs 100 tires, is there any shops that I can order from that carry these?
Any one riding a FG in B.C. ? Or am I going to be the first one?!
Thats a brutal turndown, and he makes it look so easyLandon said:9.5 is the center to center measure.
Helps for doing something like this:
Awesome! Thanks WolfCastle! Did this stiffen it up at all??
I don't know really, because I pumped it really hard with air. I like that way, just taking the edge of the big hits. I don't think so, since the length of things has been changed propotionally.
Again, it's super easy and the bike got so much better. Much more neutral in air.
Again, it's super easy and the bike got so much better. Much more neutral in air.
Im going to call Landon this week or next to finally order my FG. I have some parts ready, but am still toying with forks. I have a new DJ2 I planned on chopping down. I realize the recommended axle to crown height is 455 for an FG. I measured the DJ2 at 500mm even. Cutting it down 45mm seems drastic, but Ill do it. What do you guys think? Should I just leave it alone and buy a gold label or something else? Im partial to marzocchi after years of good service....
Sick turndown by the way... Something to aspire to.
Sick turndown by the way... Something to aspire to.
Well I got'r done! Was fairly easy, made all my own spacers on the lathe. It was a bitch to get the nuts off the damper assembly on the bottom of the fork, had to grind a socket down to nearly nothing just to get it to fit in there... but works great. Rides so smooth, and does feel alot better in the air. I didn't cut down my springs I just made the preload spacer a little shorter; I left it a little longer so the forks are a little stiffer and got rid of the free play I had before. Thanks Wolfcastle!
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That didn't take you long and it looks sweet! Glad I could help - I had to grind a socket down too. Wonder when Marzocchi will start making street kits or even a super short travel dirt fork (for 26").
I'm sure you'll be ok. The difference is only 1/8" on each side, which is negligible. You'll end up having a little more of the inside of the arm threads revealed, but that 1/8" isn't going to be enough to be a deal breaker. I can't remember what length I have in mine, but I've got a chainguide on it (making things "worse" as far as the length of spindle required obviously), and I'm thinking theres probably about 1/4" or more of reveal from the end of the spindle to the end of the arm...Bicyclist said:
i wear 10.5s and run 175s and i have TONNS of clearance on barspins.
get whatever cranks you want. unless u wear size 14 and up.
get whatever cranks you want. unless u wear size 14 and up.