Specs me a fork.

benjo plz.

benjo plz.

benjo plz.

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Okay, I dessimated my Rebas yesterday :o, aluminium and delrin everywhere ;). My brother's going to pay to have them repaired and so he can keep them, meaning I need some new ones. They were at 8.5 cms of travel, on a hardtail, so I'll be after a similar fork, which unlike the rebas, can handle plenty of heavy downhill. I have ~£350, so um recommend away :D.
 
I've recently gone from XC to DH and 4X. I know the Reba's are XC forks, but there's nothing wrong with recking the odd pair of forks :p. I would have thought that the 66s would screw with the geometry of the frame too much? (presuming they're the 15" or 17" ones?)
 
Rednut05 said:
But if you have a cross country frame, some free ride/ downhill forks with say 130mm travel like my marzocchi Freerides would up set its geometry They are more suited to a jump bike frame which is smaller, more easy to play with.

Reba's retail at £250 ofdd quid so I won't want to wreck them ;) which says to me, if this was a stock XC bike then it wasn't a bad one. I'd flog it and rebuild for your wanted style personally.

Or buy a new frame. Also guessing the wheels are XC and they will soon buckle, back one certainly.

Its going to be costy!
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The bike was built by me, and its a large frame as it was built for xc, so I would probably want to get a smaller frame, the rims are Atomblab TP's, so they should be ok for most things (I hope).
 
Rednut05 said:
Trail pimps hey... Should be fine. Forks wise you want 100mm at least if you want them for mucking about, downhill, small drops etc... Do you cycle A-B a lot? If so look for a lock down feature (ECC5 for example).
Marzocchi make strong forks although slightly heavy. Or try Manitous.
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Yeh I reakoned on needing more travel. I used to have lockout on the rebas, but its not something I'll need as much as I won't be going from a-b like I used to.
Jonny ///M said:
Look at some RS pikes.Everybody seems to be using them for 4x but i dunno the exact model,just look at how many different ones there is :rolleyes: .
i would say the 66sl,brutal look,strong as hell 150mm travel.....but that wouldnt match your frame or wheel :(
Best bet would be a RS with uturn at least so you can get uphills and the like.
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Yeh, RS seem to like having a whole range for each type of fork, which can make things very confusing :\. Both the Pike and the 66 are good, but as you say the 66 doesn't suit the geo. Neither fits the wheels (afaik) as they're both 20mms, but I haven't got too much a problem with spending a couple of days at Easter lacing ;).
 
Hi, just a quick Thank You for your input :). I've contacted the frame's maker, and they say the max is 120mm, so I'll probably order up a Pike 426 and a Atomlab GI (+ spokes), and get lacing :D.
 
Breamy said:
sids wouldnt even take a 2 foot drop or nethin so they r out of the question.

marzocchi dirt jumper range is what you want to look at 100mm travel and will take anything you throw at them. and with some of them you can upgrade them to 130mm easily.
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You mean sids or pikes? ;)

I'll have a look at the DJs too :)
 
Breamy said:
what ever you do dont put more than 115mm travel at the most on it
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Yeh, as i said somewhere (i think) the max recommened is 120mm. I'll probably just pick up a decent fork now, and then depending on how the frame goes with the fork, I'll either get a decent frame, or keep the CB. I reckoned on the Pike 426 as the travel can be put between 95mm & 140mm.
 
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