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What style of fork will your next bike have?
17 Comments
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Bosko
(Feb 22, 2013 at 22:36)
It's funny how the industry definitions change and how the big companies convince the public that they need the "Latest" technology. I mean 130 mm is now considered xc? Just a couple of years ago if was called All Mountain and longer travel was Technical Trail. I remember riding bike parks back in the early 90's on a hard tail. Now I hear people saying that its impossible to ride these same trails on anything less than a 6 inch travel bike. I guess the big companies are doing there job. Each year we gotta go bigger or it's impossible to enjoy yourself.
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Old skool rider that loves it plush n soft or firm n tuned. Different bikes for different moods is what makes my life fun. Who wants to ride the same old thing day after day? There 7 days in a week so I think you need at least 8 bikes. You never know you might just want to ride twice in the same day.
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My downhill fork is an 05 66vf with 150mm of travel, sad thing is that it may be heavier than most modern dual crowns!
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My first dh bike was a foes weasel with 6" of rear travel and that was considered huge at the time. With that said that bike rode like a pig compared to modern day 6" travel bikes. While longer travel trail bikes are becoming the more norm they pedal and climb a lot better than the bikes of the past.
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200mm and over for all activities. The standard is under three tons now, so the weight does not matter that much. More travel and superb characteristics of a dh fork is what speaks to me. I like a dual crown layout, because it is more stable, rigid, safe and more geo adjustable. The most important decision factor for me is a pedal platform or some other kind of valving to set it sensitive, but effective while pedalling. I also like it to be easily serviceable with a real customer service / care (Hope.uk has the best in my opinion, because there are videos and they answear emails) in therms of servicing and buying spares. Marzocchi was perfect untill I found out for more than sure, that they don't answear any emails and raised prices for most of spares. There is a choice between RS boxxer and some fox 40, but I heard a lot about foxes that need to be serviced a lot and I am not a true fan of RS, Spec, Sram group, because of their politics. So it's getting tricky with the choice. For now, it would be the Avalanche, with some deep thinking about having it lighter, or a Japanese Kowa, because of it's performance and foldability. However Kowa does not answear any emails too and Avalanche spares need to be shipped overocean each time of a need, so there is no perfect solutions. For me, the best of them all is an Avalanche, because their parts look simple and reliable, so there is a chance I could do the service on my own, probably once a year, having it perfectly working.
