Fork upgrade

hampton conrad

Any advice on upgrading my forks? Have spent ages and £s upgading my Spec Rocky 08, new h/set, crank set, custom wheels ect, but still running on the original rock shock J3,s. I ride trail/xc, all info gratefully received thanx

Whytepeak

Welcome to the forum

Something like a RS tora or recon would be a sensible bet. If you looking to spend a bit more, look at the RS Reba and the Fox F100 series

Da Mighty Chicken

hampton conrad wrote:

Any advice on upgrading my forks? Have spent ages and £s upgading my Spec Rocky 08, new h/set, crank set, custom wheels ect, but still running on the original rock shock J3,s. I ride trail/xc, all info gratefully received thanx

Hi Hampton Conrad, welcome to the forums:)

Whats your budget & whats the travel on your current forks?

hampton conrad

Ooops, dipped out for abit? budget is around £400 to £500 (saving up). the travel on the J3,s is100mm to 120mm. Am aware that any more will upset the geo of the bike
cheers

Whytepeak

Would recommend the reba

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=produ ... egoryId=18

Phone up merlin ank ask them to extend it if need be.

hampton conrad

Yeah thanx Reba sounds cool. I was thinking of RS Revelations u turn but do not lik the ideal of running them locked down to 120mm - 130mm.

supersonic

WHat travel is your frame designed for?

The Spiderman

Its a Rockhopper 08 so I would guess 100mm is the max you`d want..I wpould just go for te Rebas at Merlin.If you can afford it go for the Team version if not the SL willdo.

xtreem

If it's a Rockhopper 2008, why do you have J3 forks? :?