Newbie here!, cheekily requesting some advice
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Morning all!, been perusing this forum for some time now and I tihought it was about time I actually signed up as opposed to skulking in the shadows. 
Well, Ive been out of the XC game for some time now, (injury induced rest
) and Im slowly getting back into the fun of riding again. I ride an XTC4, yeah I know its a tad old but I love it, perfect weight for me and now that all the usual bits and bobs have been smoothed over on it im on the look out to replace the manky old Suntour fork. Im somewhat dazed and confused by the massive choices available out there and Im asking the help of you guys here to point me in the direction of the fork that would best suit.
SO, at the moment Im covering nearly 30 miles per week (mainly trails) nothing too taxing, just enough to raise my fitness levels again. Ive a budget of around 300, and Ive been looking at the Marzocchi XC 600 ATA2 Forks (2008), obviously if you know of a better or as good a fork thats not as costly then I would very much like to hear from you!
Thanks in advance people!, look forward to chatting with you all.
Well, Ive been out of the XC game for some time now, (injury induced rest
) and Im slowly getting back into the fun of riding again. I ride an XTC4, yeah I know its a tad old but I love it, perfect weight for me and now that all the usual bits and bobs have been smoothed over on it im on the look out to replace the manky old Suntour fork. Im somewhat dazed and confused by the massive choices available out there and Im asking the help of you guys here to point me in the direction of the fork that would best suit.SO, at the moment Im covering nearly 30 miles per week (mainly trails) nothing too taxing, just enough to raise my fitness levels again. Ive a budget of around 300, and Ive been looking at the Marzocchi XC 600 ATA2 Forks (2008), obviously if you know of a better or as good a fork thats not as costly then I would very much like to hear from you!
Thanks in advance people!, look forward to chatting with you all.
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I upgraded the forks on my XTC to Rockshox Reba SLs.Really suit the XTC,lighter than the Marzocchis,plush,very reliable and have all the adjustment,you will ever need.You can get them here for less than your budget too;
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=product&productId=1070&categoryId=182006 Giant XTC
2010 Giant Defy Advanced
2016 Boardman Pro 29er
2016 Pinnacle Lithium 4
2017 Canondale Supersix Evo0 -
Another vote for Rebas here. Can be used for trail bashing to xc racing and are very reliable, work as well as anything else and the SL's are pretty cheap from Merlins at around 220 quid.
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Again, the Rebas - won't get a better XC fork for the money. Go for the SLs to save a bit of cash."Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling." ~James E. Starrs0
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Oh, if nobody has mentioned the Reba, I'd get them. Light, multi adjustable, stiff, cheap. The perfect fork.0
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Rebas it is then!!
Seriously, nobody can think of any faults with them..or are they really that perfect??.
Cheers guys really appreciate it!. 0 -
Yeah they are that good.
They're pretty much flawless. I love mine.
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=produ ... egoryId=18
Over £100 cheaper than price on Chain reaction.0
