GT Agressor Vs Avalanche

leegti
leegti Posts: 3
edited September 2007 in MTB buying advice
Hi there..

I've just signed up to this forum, hoping you guys can help me with a quick question.. I appreciate this may have been asked before, so apologies if it has, but couldnt find anything using the search button..

but basically i just want to know if there is any big difference between the Agressor xc(?)1 and the Avalanche 1.0

as they are both the same price, and look similar..

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Aggressor better fork, Avalanche better brakes. Thats about it really.
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  • toasty
    toasty Posts: 2,598
    This is open to debate anyway, aluminium stanchions on the Avalanche's forks so it's probably lighter, mine move a lot smoother than my Tora 302s.

    The spring is a bit soft in the Suntour fork but apart from that it's great. My Toras stick all the way through their travel and get about 70mm total (on 302 SL's with 100mm travel). The Aurigas on the Avalanche have served me very well as well, the FSR XC I've got has got the Sole on and they're not a patch, they seem ot have settled down now but required regular tweaking to keep going (and work with 1 piston instead of the Aurigas 2).

    When wet my Aurigas sound a bit like a turkey, the Sole sound like a seal. The choice is yours!
    Stumpy FSR 29er
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Toras take some time to bed in, and adjustable rebound is far more useful than just a lockout.
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  • toasty
    toasty Posts: 2,598
    True, although I find the rebound adjuster on my Toras just between doing nothing and something quite rapidly, I've never felt drasically in control of the rebound speed (like I did on the old Revelations I had).

    You're probably right on the bedding in actually, it's only about 5 weeks old, I don't recall being quite so hacked off with the Suntour/Revelations when they were new though. It's been hammered around Cannock Chase a good 15 laps and a bit of Dalby in that time, plus a good bit of Bridleway stuff. Seals cleaned and lubes lightly every go.
    Stumpy FSR 29er
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Its certainly one of the better suntour forks. I have a Tora 302 and 318, both have 720 degrees of rebound adjustment.
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  • toasty
    toasty Posts: 2,598
    Would that be 302 solo air or coil just out of interest?

    (Sorry for the thread hijack, I prefer the Avalanche! ;))
    Stumpy FSR 29er
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Both solo air forks. One of the stiffest QR forks I have ever used!
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  • toasty
    toasty Posts: 2,598
    Yeah, I'd heard good things :) So good they stopped making them sadly.
    Stumpy FSR 29er
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Thats my opinion - it was too bloody good that fork for its price, and nobody was buying recons. Mine is only 4.25lbs, and at 130mm of travel with steel stanchions is really rather good. Esp for 50 quid new on ebay!
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  • leegti
    leegti Posts: 3
    supersonic wrote:
    Aggressor better fork, Avalanche better brakes. Thats about it really.

    Cheers for all the replys.. although i got a bit lost after the first 1. :roll:

    but either way, i've just been out and put a deposit on the Aggressor, and i pick it up friday..
    Cant wait, been out of the MTBing scene too long now, and cant wait to get going again!

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