What Forks?

landerson61

Hi,

I have recently started freeride mountain biking (as opposed to my usual choice of XC) and basically i want to hit the dirt jumps and freeride trails, but with the ability to pull of tricks (tailwhips/barspins in particular). However my current set of forks do not allow the full rotation due to restriction of brake cables etc etc

Does anyone know what type of forks/brakes i need to be able to do this? I still want them to be single crown if possible (i can decide the amount of travel i want later), so if anyone can tell me what type of forks i need and any suggestions for me to look at i would be VERY greatful

supersonic

What bike do you have?

landerson61

Thx for the reply. currently using a Specialized Pitch (09 model).

supersonic

Basically it cannot be done with a geared bike. Unless you use really long cables from your bars, which is dangerous.

landerson61

ahh. puts a stop to that then! ok no probs, time to get saving then

thanks for the help!

geordiefreerider

:shock:

landerson61

:?:

ride_whenever

some of the slopestyle guys run the cables/hoses really long to the rear and zip tie them all together into a single cable, that reduces the risk a bit. but basically if you run them long enough to add a complete rotation and still have enough to turn the bars you should be okay.

I mean you can run the front brake line through the steerer tube, run the rear through a trixxer hydraulic gyro and then you've just got your gear cables. IIRC one of the pros ran a top-tube mounted shifter so it wasn't an issue. Wouldn't be hard to rig out of an old band on downtube shifter.

landerson61

hmmm sounds very tech and interesting, would like to try it (give me something to do and achieve), but for the sake of pulling a few tail whips i might just save up and buy a jump bike....saves me ruining my pitch too

can get some pretty good jump bikes for around 500-600 notes.