Which 5 inch fork ??

stumpym4

Looking for a 5 inch fork for my new titus motolite
Max budget £400 ...
preference ... standard QR .... otherwise i`ll have to change front wheel as well !

cavegiant

If you ride your bike like it is designed, get the new front wheel and a solid axle.
It massivly stiffens up the front end of your bike.

QR was designed for road bikes and should no longer exist.

supersonic

Apart from it works fine for many riders.

ilovedirt

Rockshox rebas/revelations are good, depending what sort of riding you want to do. Rebas for more lightweight cross country type stuff, revs for more hardcore riding.

cavegiant wrote:

If you ride your bike like it is designed, get the new front wheel and a solid axle.
It massivly stiffens up the front end of your bike.

QR was designed for road bikes and should no longer exist.

Yet another astounding post, well done.

lawman

cavegiant wrote:

If you ride your bike like it is designed, get the new front wheel and a solid axle.
It massivly stiffens up the front end of your bike.

QR was designed for road bikes and should no longer exist.

never heard such aload of bollocks in my life, my new 2010 revs feel far tighter and stiffer than fox's ive tested in the past and now ive got a DT RWS skewer on them i think they're miles stiffer than any 15mm fork, probably not 20mm tho, altho the only forks with 20mm ive tried are lyriks, 36's and a zocchi 66, which are bound to be stiffer because of the larger stanchion size. i agree with ilovedirt on the new forks, rev's or rebas, in fact my revs are only 50grammes heavier than my mates reba world cups, which have a carbon crown/steerer 8) the revs can be spaced down to 130mm easy enough, which allows you to put back upto 150mm if need be, but the rebas only go 120mm max, so id gor for the revs simply because of that

gaz047

merlin look to have some good deals on rebas and revs

Smiler15

http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/produ ... Forks_2009

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cavegiant = colintrav :?

Northwind

5 inch seems to mean different things to different people, it's 130mm but some people use it for 140mm too. If you can find an old-stock 130mm Revelation, they should be inexpensive and they're very good.

cavegiant wrote:

If you ride your bike like it is designed, get the new front wheel and a solid axle.
It massivly stiffens up the front end of your bike.

Have you done a direct comparison? I have. I went back to my QR 130mm Revelations from a 140mm Maxle Revelation, every other component is the exact same. The maxle rev is ever so slightly stiffer, but it makes such a tiny difference that I stopped noticing by the end of the first ride, and when I switched back I stopped noticing even faster.

On a longer fork, or a weaker fork, it probably does help more, I guess I'll get to test that again when I get my 150mm revs But on shorter strong ones it's mainly hype. IMO of course.

A strong, stiff fork with a QR is going to be stiffer than a noodly one with a maxle.

stumpym4

Smiler15 wrote:

http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/product/16899/Fox_32_Talas_R_Forks_2009

Ta , already found these , .. they are on my short list
Thanks anyway
Tony

bomberesque

or the TALAS RLCfrom barracuda for 500 Euros

got mine for 430 Euros last week from them (they had a valentine's sale and stacked the discounts!

They also have the F120R for 379 Euros

erm ... both 15mm through though :oops:

how about the Thors that On-one are selling for 400GBP?

erm ... which are also Bolt thru :oops

Ah, Revs race (QR!) for 300 from On-opne aswell!

stumpym4

bomberesque wrote:

or the TALAS RLCfrom barracuda for 500 Euros

got mine for 430 Euros last week from them (they had a valentine's sale and stacked the discounts!

They also have the F120R for 379 Euros

erm ... both 15mm through though :oops:

how about the Thors that On-one are selling for 400GBP?

Cheers , the Thors are top of my list , but it does mean a new front wheel and disk , but the wife has said she`ll buy me a new set of wheels for my birthday , which isnt too far away

Cheers Tony