Forks for a heayweight

joe42
joe42 Posts: 3
edited April 2010 in MTB buying advice
Hello I'm looking to get a set of forks that are suitable for a heavyweight rider.I ride mainly cross country can you recommend some

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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    Hi, welcome to the forum.

    Sorry, but you'll need to be a little more specific than that.

    What frame are they going on?
    When you say heavyweight, how heavy?
    Do you have a preferred amount of Travel you're looking for?

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  • joe42
    joe42 Posts: 3
    What frame are they going on?
    GT ACX hard tail and a giant AC

    When you say heavyweight, how heavy?
    100kg

    Do you have a preferred amount of Travel you're looking for?
    100-120mm
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    How much do you want to spend?
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  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    And do you have red hair and thick glasses?

    And what animal do most look like?
  • GHill
    GHill Posts: 2,402
    Almost any fork will support a 100 kg rider for XC.
  • Pudseyp
    Pudseyp Posts: 3,514
    Well you wouldn't go wrong with some Fox Floats depends on your budget
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  • peter413
    peter413 Posts: 4,909
    Pudseyp wrote:
    Well you wouldn't go wrong with some Fox Floats depends on your budget

    Or Rock Shox Reba's although, I would always choose Fox's but thats just because I prefer the feel of fox's :wink:
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  • hyperman
    hyperman Posts: 232
    i weigh 107kg and came off my bike the other day, i was was on a xc course and did a drop off less than a foot high and hit a ridge in the ground, i bent my front wheel beyond repair and bent my front forks.......fox float 32 rl 140mm travel, so personally i wouldn't recommend them!!
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    100+ KG and use Rebas dual air and Revs Dual air. no probs.
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  • peter413
    peter413 Posts: 4,909
    hyperman wrote:
    i weigh 107kg and came off my bike the other day, i was was on a xc course and did a drop off less than a foot high and hit a ridge in the ground, i bent my front wheel beyond repair and bent my front forks.......fox float 32 rl 140mm travel, so personally i wouldn't recommend them!!

    I am very surprised at that. I know people who use those forks that are heavier and do bigger drops/jumps and have never had a problem.

    Possibly the wheel helped to damage them but as with anything, sometimes they do just break. Like with a frame, if a frame breaks/cracks, does that mean you will say never ever get it?
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