Recon silver or Gold?
gillypoo
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Hi, am looking at getting new (and improved) forks for my bike,
was wondering if there is such a big difference between the rockshox recon silvers and the golds?
There is a good sale on at CRC and they have the silvers (2012) for £140, i am sure that will improve my spec hardrock 2010.
What do you think?
was wondering if there is such a big difference between the rockshox recon silvers and the golds?
There is a good sale on at CRC and they have the silvers (2012) for £140, i am sure that will improve my spec hardrock 2010.
What do you think?
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if its these http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=71178 they are 120mm travel and showing them to have 1.5 steerer, won't fit your bikeSpecialized Hardrock Sport Disc 10- CANYON Nerve AM 6 20110
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well that puts a spanner in the works, what size/thing do i need?0
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standard 1 1/8 steerer.
and there are more than one of each the glods and the silvers so it depends on what they are.
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as above on chez's reply for the link, so is 1 1/8 a 100ml sus dimension then?0
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Nope, it was pretty much the standard for most forks until recently, after replacing 1 inch.
Until companies started coming up with 1.5 inches, tapered and whatnot.I don't do smileys.
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so what can i get then if i cannot have that one? idelay sub £200?0
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Marzocchi Marathon R.0
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It doesn't work quite like that... it's all about the head tube on your bike, and the headset sitting in it.
The head tube on your bike is fitted with a headset which contains bearings. The fork steerer slides into the headset.
Many bikes take a standard 1 1/8" steerer, but the 'latest' standard seems to be a 'tapered steerer' which is 1 1/8" at the top and wider at the bottom - it is 'stiffer'. Yet others are bigger and will take a 1 1/2" steerer which is stiffer again. A head tube which will take a tapered steerer or oversize 1 1/2" can use a reducer to fit a 1 1/8in - but in general you can't get a bigger steerer into a head tube designed for 1 1/8" forks.
Your bike takes a 1 1/8" steerer. If it's running 100mm forks now then stick with 100mm or at most 120mm forks... as you go longer the bike gets 'slacker', the BB gets higher, the steering gets less crisp and at some point you go beyond the design limits of your frame which then snaps and you get hurt
... so you need to know the design limits if you want to make major changes. Some forks can be adjusted with internal spacers (so some 100s can be made to be 120s and many 120s can be made to be 100s). Vitus Sentier VR+ (2018) GT Grade AL 105 (2016)
Giant Anthem X4 (2010) GT Avalanche 1.0 (2010)
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How about these http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/f ... -2012.html. Would they be good?0
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Presume you have QR wheels?I don't do smileys.
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yes QR wheels: this is the spec:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/spe ... 9#features,
the marrcozzi looks the best within my range at the moment0 -
They are a good deal £180 but 15mm axle, no good for OPgillypoo wrote:How about these http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/f ... -2012.html. Would they be good?0 -
what about these http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/f ... -2013.html ?0
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Good forks - good value if the air version. Though most likely coil.0
