[Superdeft]

I'm torn between a few forks for my hardtail, which sees dirt jump, street, and trail/FR action.
(all 04 models)

TALAS R
Z1 Fr (regular QR)
Sherman Flick
Vanilla R

Some say that the fox and sherman intenrnals may not be the most sturdy, however I also see the weight/size of the Z1 to be a little large for my needs. How big can one go on a talas? Should I worry about the travel adjust on the flick breaking?

 

[Mr Tiles]

I've got the firefly and I like it a lot. I was going to get rid of it to get a fork with less travel but I think I'm just going to modify the travel of it myself to take it down to 100mm. It's been a great fork so far, butter smooth and stout as well.

 

[punkassean]

TALAS rulez brah!!!!

seriously, I love mine, best SC fork ever...I use it for exactly what you described above...light, plush, stiff, did I mention light?

 

[Superdeft]

TALAS rulez brah!!!!

seriously, I love mine, best SC fork ever...I use it for exactly what you described above...light, plush, stiff, did I mention light?

Interesting, have you had to service it thus far? Also if you don't mind, around how much do you weigh?

 

[binary visions]

I'm with Mr. Tiles. My Firefly is awesome - absurdly stiff, fairly lightweight, smooth stroke... Great fork.

FWIW, I ride it in 100mm mode all the time and have not had the travel adjuster break. It stopped catching once but it was a 5 second fix with a small allen wrench without even taking the fork apart.

 

[Superdeft]

The firefly may be great, but It's too expensive, and it's much better than a flick, (lighter, stiffer, better guts) so it doesn't make sense to report on how a firefly performs.

 

[punkassean]

I have not needed to service it in almost a year. I weigh a hair under 150lb FWIW. A lot of guys around here run this fork for DJ/freeride, it seems to be the SC fork of choice these days.