new forks for norco bigfoot

canoeslalom
canoeslalom Posts: 6
edited December 2007 in MTB buying advice
right all the tests say Marzocchi DJ4 are realy rubbish,
well theyre right!
i have a norco bigfoot which i use for dirt, dh and a little north shore.
does anyone have any ideas for some decent forks?

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  • Splasher
    Splasher Posts: 1,528
    Yeah, loads but how much do you want to spend? Are they QR or bolt-through?
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  • canoeslalom
    canoeslalom Posts: 6
    theyre QR and im looking around £200-£250 with disk only mounts
  • Splasher
    Splasher Posts: 1,528
    You've got a bit of a dilema because you're bike is a freeride bike and the kind of riding you do is All Mountain/Freeride but you've got a QR wheel. Your existing fork is 120mm travel but most 120mm QR forks these days are XC forks.

    Something like a 130mm Z1 (£240 at CRC) would be ideal but you'd need to spend a bit more (about £60) on a bolt through front wheel. A DJ 3 has a QR but is only 100mm and would make the front end a bit lower.

    I have a 2006 Marzocchi All Mountain 1 for sale. It's adjustable from 130-150mm and is QR. It's a great fork for light DH and FR BUT it's not for big DJing (Neither is the DJ4 mind you with it's QR bottom). Anyway, it's £150+£15 postage if you're interested. Piccie below:

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1307/844 ... 04ba_b.jpg
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  • canoeslalom
    canoeslalom Posts: 6
    thank you for your advice,
    im currently negotiating with a mate for some z1's
    :)

    thank you once again

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