[njdeadhead]

I don't know if this is the right forum to post this in or I should of posted it in the dirt jumping forum. I am building up a 09 mountain cycle battery frame as my Slopestyle bike. I want to know what is a good fork to run on it. I was looking at the Marzocchi 55 ATA. I am also going to do some light free riding on it.


-Brian

 

[Patan-DH]

Pike, lyrik, fox 36 you can't go wrong with any of these

 

[DesuL]

id say pike or the 36. I am big on Rockshox right now, they work well and don't require to much pricey rebuilding. If I were you I'd go pike for the adjustable travel and solid performance as well as the QR maxel (sp?) I would not hang a Marz fork on any bike I own at the moment if given a choice. My .02 but whatever you get ride it like you stole it!

Gl on the hunt

 

[jsk14]

lyrik solo-air. I have it on my bottlerocket, works like a charm, damping is very adjustable, springrate is also adjustable very easily. Rebuild is pretty straight forward. awesome product.

 

[train998]

i would go with the rock shox. they are nice for both

 

[chic06]

Rock shox make some nice forks for that type of riding like the pike and the argyle, if you like marzocchi i've heard good things about the 4x fork and dirtjumpers are bullet proof, but i would stay away from the 55 it my understanding that they have been plagued with problems especially the tst.

 

[njdeadhead]

Thanks for the head up on the 55. I have used the 4X fork like 2 years back and loved it. I did not think to get one for this bike.

 

[train998]

yea but i like rock shox alot better. u can find them alot cheaper

 

[njdeadhead]

Has any one used a fork form KOWA yet? They look well made and read some good things about them on line.

 

[rigidhack]

I've got a Lyrik Solo Air on my FR bike and a Pike on my hardtail. Both are excellent. For a dirt jumper, I'd go with a Pike for sure. You do not have to get the one with all the external adjustments (429). I run a 409 and it is great! Saves a few $$ as well.

 

[CovicRacing]

Has any one used a fork form KOWA yet? They look well made and read some good things about them on line.

The new Kowa DJ fork was just released for sale a couple of weeks ago. Brad from Nemesis Project personally did most of the development on this fork. For more info check out the press release on MTBR:

http://reviews.mtbr.com/blog/introducing-kowa-factory-dj-fork-kowa-and-nemesis-project/

 

[Winger]

available april 20th
will be able to use spacers and drop the travel from anywhere from 160mm-80mm. Our slopestyle athletes will be running these. Just wanted to let you know that the vengeance is an option for what your intended use is.

pre orders will be taken the beginning of april

X-Fusion

 

[Uncle Cliffy]

I'm going to say 36 instead of the Lyric here. I love the damping of the Lyric, but there is a noticable difference in stiffness under square hits and braking. The Fox is solid compared to the Lyric IMO.

 

[chober]

i got an 09 55 ATA on my bike. Works great, oil stays in fork, travel stays where it needs to be. Smooth.

 

[clemsonbiker]

i run a manitou travis 150 intrinsic on my transition preston. highly recomend it. but find a tpc verson if you get one.