Which Forks on a £200 budget?

RichR2

Anyone recomend any particularly great buys?

dunker

hi RichR2,

On-One carbon rigid? Nuke Proof carbon? both under £200.
arguably two of the best carbon rigid forks knocking about at the mo.

you did'nt say suspension
:P

RichR2

Must be big and bouncy

Klein XC

dunker wrote:

On-One carbon rigid? Nuke Proof carbon? both under £200.
arguably two of the best carbon rigid forks knocking about at the mo.

Those Nuke Proof carbons look very tasty. I'm going to fit some to one of my bikes - the bike I use for the trails. I reckon they'd be a bit hardcore for racing though!

RichR2 wrote:

Anyone recomend any particularly great buys?

How about:

RockShox Tora 302

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... solo-10420

Or Marzocchi MX Pro:

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... 2007-13564

I don't have personal experience of these, but Radar seem to rate them. I think the Tora are more popular though.

holiver

Tora Race?

elPedro666

I'd take Maguras at that price - Durins are lighter & stiffer than Toras, I believe, and less 'common' :twisted:

BUT, I just dropped slightly over 200 on a set of can't-tell-their-not-new Mavericks, including a well built Mavic 717 front wheel and they are absolutely superb! Truly awesome - and I don't band that term around like a wannabe snow-boarder, neither...!

They're 120mm travel but with a travel-drop dial to 80ish (feels a little longer to me) and quite a low stack height so you can run them on a 100mm-friendly frame without messing anything up.

I think I love them :oops:

I should have a job in their PR dept!

dunker

Recon SL for £175?
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/marzocchi ... on-sl.html


thinking about getting some carbon rigids for mine, not sure which is best really, the on-one which would match my white bike or the stealthy nuke proof which i do like the look of too hmm. there's also the white bros rigid which looks like maybe the same fork as the nuke-proof?

RichR2

The Recon sl's look like a good deal. Anyone any comments/experience of those?

supersonic

WHat bike is it for? What riding? What travel?

magura Durin for 200 quid?! Stiffer than a Tora - no way!

RichR2

Going on a Claude Butler Cape Wrath Frame for general XC riding, nothing extreme or mountainous. Travel 100mm

supersonic

I'd go for a Tora Race or Tora 318 air (can get the latter for 120 quid from Parkers of Bolton). Or 146 quid from JE James with uncut steerer.

A little heavier than the Recon, but better internals and damper.

Klein XC

dunker wrote:

thinking about getting some carbon rigids for mine, not sure which is best really, the on-one which would match my white bike or the stealthy nuke proof which i do like the look of too hmm. there's also the white bros rigid which looks like maybe the same fork as the nuke-proof?

The Pace RC31 gets quite good reviews too, and it's lighter than the Nuke Proof, but only by a little:

http://www.bikemagic.com/news/article/mps/uan/3537

The On-One weighs the most out of this selection. I think that White Bros one is the second lightest - looks quite tasty too. I'll be running it with V-brakes though so I may need to use the Pace conversion kit, unless I go for Nuke Bros who offer a v-brake option. I haven't ridden a fully rigid bike since the 90s!

supersonic

A few of the carbon forks are actually the same.

If wanting carbon, take a look at this also:

http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=43&p=196&

Were 85 quid on ebay.

dunker

read a few worrying things about the rc31, a few failures at the crown/steerer and when dt took them over re-naming it to the xrr? it was failing tests so has been withdrawn. shame cos the the dt xrr looks the dogs.

read about the dt here,
http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum ... hp?t=49678

wb ouch!
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=392832

Klein XC

supersonic wrote:

A few of the carbon forks are actually the same.

If wanting carbon, take a look at this also:

http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=43&p=196&

Were 85 quid on ebay.

Thanks for the link, those look pretty nice. They also supply my requirements for a 425mm length and v-brake bosses (I would be fitting them to a '99 bike designed for 80mm travel). Can't seem to find the Nukes in those specs. Manufacturers are increasingly less accommodating for the old-skool v-brake weight weenies like me :?

dunker wrote:

read a few worrying things about the rc31, a few failures at the crown/steerer and when dt took them over re-naming it to the xrr? it was failing tests so has been withdrawn. shame cos the the dt xrr looks the dogs.

I wondered why I couldn't find them for sale anywhere! Think I'll give those a miss then. Looks like CarbonCycles are the front runners for me so far...

xtreem

Here's Tora Race 2009 for £180. Damn cheap.
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/rockshox ... c=shopwiki

But it doesn't look like that, it looks like this, and I'm not sure than that one has V-mounts.
http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/images/prod_19061.jpg

Airienteer

I have the Nukeproof carbons on my Kona SS. It's a quality product, so light when you take it out the box but has stood up to some abuse. I didnt believe it would, but it does elminate a bit of trail "buzz". Plus I got mine for 85 on ebay. Bargain

elPedro666

supersonic wrote:

WHat bike is it for? What riding? What travel?

magura Durin for 200 quid?! Stiffer than a Tora - no way!

That'll be the Odur then, my bcd! :oops:

I just can't stomach the lumbering weight of the Toras, surely they just throw the bike out of balance?

Tidy pair of second hand Rebas might be a good bet. Or maybe a tidy second hand pair of Durins...

supersonic

Toras vary so much - my 130mm air version is just 4.35lbs and the 100mm Race just 4.26. The latter is lighter than even the lightest Odur.

elPedro666

Really? That's mad, I just saw the 5&1/2lb jobbies and ran a mile! Have to find out more, and maybe stop being so mean about them

Still pushing a second hand set of Maverick SC32s though, they make more sense financially (so long as they come with a wheel) as they're a dead-easy home service and soooo tuneable...

beardytwo

+1 for the 318 Tora airs..excellent value forks and pretty tough, stiff but not too heavy. Good compromise. Got mine for £140ish from Merlin with poploc.