Hello to all, a newbie question about a fork upgrade.

Phill B

About 3 weeks ago i bought a new cannondale sl5 (2010 model).
i knew before i bought it that the front forks are crap (RST Omega tnl) but i realy like the frame geometry and it feels just right for me. i am happy for now with the components that are on it, although i have put some nano tech flat peddles on and am very happy with them.

The question is, i want to upgrade the forks and have around £200.
do any of you guys have any recomendations? or will £200 not give me much of an upgrade from what is already on my bike.

Thanks in advance, Phill B.

nickel

200 quid will get you a nice set of forks that will massively improve your bike, I ditched the crappy suntours on my bike for some Rockshox Toras and couldnt believe the difference:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=54858

WierdBeard

I have nano tech pedals and they awesome. recently upgraded my forks from crappy suntours that came on my cube to rock shox recons which cost me £100 and they have made an amazing difference. Amazing price too.

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FORSRETK/ro ... th-lockout

Like yourself i had £200 budget and got these so saved myself £100. Next day delivery too.

davewalsh

+1 for the Recons from On-One. Best fork around for less than £200 IMO. However if you can stretch your budget, £243 gets you some Reba's from Merlin.

Phill B

Thanks for the replies chaps. have been looking at the recons for a couple of weeks but i couldnt find any reviews for them so i wasnt sure is they are any good (the £100 price tag seemed too good to be true). i think i will go for them and see how i go, plus that will leave £100 in my bike kitty towards any futher upgrades in the future.

Once again thanks for the help.

Muttly1981

Phill B wrote:

Thanks for the replies chaps. have been looking at the recons for a couple of weeks but i couldnt find any reviews for them so i wasnt sure is they are any good (the £100 price tag seemed too good to be true). i think i will go for them and see how i go, plus that will leave £100 in my bike kitty towards any futher upgrades in the future.

Once again thanks for the help.

The forks on the link have a 1"1/8 steerer where as i'm pretty sure the Cannondale you have has a 1.5" head tube.

Phill B

Muttly1981 wrote:

Phill B wrote:

Thanks for the replies chaps. have been looking at the recons for a couple of weeks but i couldnt find any reviews for them so i wasnt sure is they are any good (the £100 price tag seemed too good to be true). i think i will go for them and see how i go, plus that will leave £100 in my bike kitty towards any futher upgrades in the future.

Once again thanks for the help.

The forks on the link have a 1"1/8 steerer where as i'm pretty sure the Cannondale you have has a 1.5" head tube.

Yes you are right mate my cannondale does have a 1.5" head tube, is there anything i can do about this I.E. change the head set or am i f**ked?
i am sorry if i sound dumb but it is all new to me.

gasgas

you will probably get a better deal on some 1.5 as they are less common and bike shops usually struggle to shift them, have a look on chain reaction they had loads of bargain 1.5 forks on there about a month ago when i was looking to upgrade.

Muttly1981

Phill B wrote:

Muttly1981 wrote:

Phill B wrote:

Thanks for the replies chaps. have been looking at the recons for a couple of weeks but i couldnt find any reviews for them so i wasnt sure is they are any good (the £100 price tag seemed too good to be true). i think i will go for them and see how i go, plus that will leave £100 in my bike kitty towards any futher upgrades in the future.

Once again thanks for the help.

The forks on the link have a 1"1/8 steerer where as i'm pretty sure the Cannondale you have has a 1.5" head tube.

Yes you are right mate my cannondale does have a 1.5" head tube, is there anything i can do about this I.E. change the head set or am i f**ked?
i am sorry if i sound dumb but it is all new to me.

You can get a seducer head set to convert to 1 1/8" but you can kiss goodby to that £100 you saved :? CRC have some good deals on 1.5" forks but are just above your £200 budget, but it's a shame you havn't got a tapered headset as the have a £750 Fox fork with £500 discount :shock:

Muttly1981

Just been looking on Evans website and although it states 1.5" headset it lists the RST fork as having a 1 1/8" steerer so it looks like you will be ok afterall 8)

davewalsh

Best to take your current fork out and have a look before parting with your cash !

jakeeeeeee

i upgraded my rock shox darts to reba sl's and the difference is night an day !
they cost me* (my dad ) £269.99 from merlin cycles.

Phill B

Muttly1981 wrote:

Just been looking on Evans website and although it states 1.5" headset it lists the RST fork as having a 1 1/8" steerer so it looks like you will be ok afterall 8)

You are right muttly, i was on Evans website earlier trying to find out some info and i noticed the bit about the RST fork having a 1"1/8 alloy steerer.
Anyway i have since removed my RST Omega fork to double check the steerer size and it is 1"1/8 so happy days.