Looking for a new fork any suggestions
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What kind of fork are you looking for? Can your frame handle a DC fork, do you have a 1.5 headtube, would you prefer a long travel singlecrown over a DC with the same amount of travel? Do you care about travel adjustments (I assume you do but I might be wrong) are you looking for something with SPV, air preload, coil springs, air springs, high end or just good enough, 20mm axle or standard QR?
Based on the limited information you gave I'd suggest a Marzocchi All Mountain series fork.
Based on the limited information you gave I'd suggest a Marzocchi All Mountain series fork.
yeh what he said. but i would suggest something along the sherman line cause of the fact that there travel is adjustable on some of them and they will fit a 1.5 headtube for some of them and they are also not that heavy. or you can go with the all mountain line from marzocchi there both good choices
It all depends on what you're doing, but I don't think you can go wrong with a 5" marzocchi.
5" is really all you need on a hardtail (in my opinion) and Marzocchis lower end stuff is exactly what a college kid needs, cheap, easy to work on, and reliable.
Check the buy and sell board...there is always a ton of stuff there.
Another good option if you could find it would be a FOX Vanilla RLC as they are adjustable from 3-5" (internally)...
5" is really all you need on a hardtail (in my opinion) and Marzocchis lower end stuff is exactly what a college kid needs, cheap, easy to work on, and reliable.
Check the buy and sell board...there is always a ton of stuff there.
Another good option if you could find it would be a FOX Vanilla RLC as they are adjustable from 3-5" (internally)...
salut,
prolly i will get flamed now, but i had good luck with a manitou black elite with spv so far. It s stiff, handles abuse quite well and works fine for my riding res. with my ride setup (rigid mtx frame, single trails, technical (read slow) downhills)
other forks coming into me mind: rock shox pike, reba, manitou minute (all these forks are pretty affordable here in Europe, dunno bout the States)
Good luck
Thomas
prolly i will get flamed now, but i had good luck with a manitou black elite with spv so far. It s stiff, handles abuse quite well and works fine for my riding res. with my ride setup (rigid mtx frame, single trails, technical (read slow) downhills)
other forks coming into me mind: rock shox pike, reba, manitou minute (all these forks are pretty affordable here in Europe, dunno bout the States)
Good luck
Thomas
I'll sell you a manitou black elite for $120 shipped. The bottom brake mount has a helicoil in it and the travel adjust doesn't work, it's stuck at 120mm. But hey, it's a 120mm fork for $120 with clean oil, fully functioning dampers and immaculate stanchions.
If you don't want it, I'd suggest buying a marzocchi. There are probably quite a few 5 inch z1 forks floating around used. And they last and last and last.........
If you don't want it, I'd suggest buying a marzocchi. There are probably quite a few 5 inch z1 forks floating around used. And they last and last and last.........
I've got 4 pretty close friends who have owned and ridden them for a while. 3 of them had damper problems but were using them for jump bike forks. 2 of those have them fixed and they are working great. For what you're looking to do I think it would be a decent option. The adjustable travel would help.Runbuddha said: