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dual crowns on a hardtail; opinions?
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flag bitterfish26
Posted: May 25, 2008 at 10:42 Quote
schiz wrote:
to be honest i have a gary fisher bitter (same frame) im 5.11 feet tall and weight 190 lbs you wont break it.... there alot stronger then people think

i beat the shit out of my bikes...broke my fork...but thats it

i also have a fisher bitter and i run a stance kingpin on it and so far its fine
flag Borgschulze
Posted: May 26, 2008 at 21:43 Quote
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My bike looks alright with a Kingpin on it, I need to get lower rise bars though.
flag luckxc
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 20:35 Quote
Borgschulze wrote:
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My bike looks alright with a Kingpin on it, I need to get lower rise bars though.

sell the kingpin before it blow its seals
get a 888 or something
flag kill-bodys
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 20:36 Quote
luckxc wrote:
Borgschulze wrote:
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My bike looks alright with a Kingpin on it, I need to get lower rise bars though.

sell the kingpin before it blow its seals
get a 888 or something
or a pike that is single crown
flag Philbilly
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 20:37 Quote
The kingpin is mine...Hes borrowing it...And we just fixed the seals....And he is getting a tripple 8
flag luckxc
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 20:38 Quote
kill-bodys wrote:
luckxc wrote:
Borgschulze wrote:
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My bike looks alright with a Kingpin on it, I need to get lower rise bars though.

sell the kingpin before it blow its seals
get a 888 or something
or a pike that is single crown

maybe a 66 or totem... a pike is to whimpy
this is a FR bike man
im also DAF
flag Borgschulze
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 20:39 Quote
Hooray for ignorance.

The Kingpin isn't mine, I'm borrowing it, it doesn't have the seal problem.

Why would I buy a Pike? I'm looking for a fork with 150-200mm travel, preferably dual crown so it feels stiffer.
flag kill-bodys
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 21:05 Quote
Borgschulze wrote:
Hooray for ignorance.

The Kingpin isn't mine, I'm borrowing it, it doesn't have the seal problem.

Why would I buy a Pike? I'm looking for a fork with 150-200mm travel, preferably dual crown so it feels stiffer.
ur on a hardtail bra
flag Philbilly
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 21:13 Quote
Yeah....And so am i....HT rule the world ok...Some of us dont need to rely on rear suspension to save our asses because of lack of techincal riding skill.
flag luckxc
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 21:22 Quote
Philbilly wrote:
Yeah....And so am i....HT rule the world ok...Some of us dont need to rely on rear suspension to save our asses because of lack of techincal riding skill.

I was a FR HT guy but i got an ollie.. and omf it's smooth... but yeah sorry bud but the kingpin doesnt have a seal problem yet... hahaha because it will.. and it's gonna stiffen up mega
flag Philbilly
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 21:25 Quote
luckxc wrote:
Philbilly wrote:
Yeah....And so am i....HT rule the world ok...Some of us dont need to rely on rear suspension to save our asses because of lack of techincal riding skill.

I was a FR HT guy but i got an ollie.. and omf it's smooth... but yeah sorry bud but the kingpin doesnt have a seal problem yet... hahaha because it will.. and it's gonna stiffen up mega

Nice! Acctually its funny you mention the stiffening upo....that happened this past weekend...We just took the fork home and rebuilt it and its butter now. I dont intend to keep the fork long anyways....Im gonna gte a 888 or boxxer for my HT(Banshee Morphine) as soon as i get the $$$ together.
flag luckxc
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 21:56 Quote
manitou is called manipoo for a reason.
I blew out my swinger 4-way last week.. Frown
i'd rather have a drop-off triple than a kingpin.. actually just get a shiver.. i have one and it's way suppler than a nice big tit/888 and it's cheaper like $300 for an '02
flag Borgschulze
Posted: May 28, 2008 at 22:15 Quote
Well, I'll be putting a 888RC on this bike soon.

The Kingpin is fine, I wouldn't mind having to ride it, it's no problem for me to drain the damping leg and re-fill it once in a while. Maybe the 2006 Kingpin is nicer? I'm not a fan of Silver Stanchions though?

It's a very smooth fork, almost no stiction at all. It's lighter than the 2004 DJ3 I was riding... could use a little better damping, but from what I was told is that it was re-valved... the internals looked pretty "factory made" to me though.
flag d00bz
Posted: Jun 7, 2008 at 13:46 Quote
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07 rm flow raw with stratos s7
rides nice Cool
flag luckxc
Posted: Jun 8, 2008 at 6:49 Quote
d00bz wrote:
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07 rm flow raw with stratos s7
rides nice Cool

how's the stratos?? I've never been on one.

 


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