rigid forks for rockhopper expert 2009
dimmockg
Posts: 471
have a 2009 hopper expert, here:
http://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/bikes/ ... pert#specs
forks stated as 100mm travel, am I correct in thinking these:
http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=92&p=788&
or these:
http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=43&p=960&
or these:
http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=43&p=196&
would compensate correctly for the 100mm travel?
The hopper is becoming my commute / hack bike now
cheers
http://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/bikes/ ... pert#specs
forks stated as 100mm travel, am I correct in thinking these:
http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=92&p=788&
or these:
http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=43&p=960&
or these:
http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=43&p=196&
would compensate correctly for the 100mm travel?
The hopper is becoming my commute / hack bike now
cheers
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All good choices. The carbon is a bit lighter and smoother - 44.5 for more relaxed handling, 42.5 for sharper.0
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thanks SS
so the shorter fork may feel a little quicker or livelier / bit more responsive?0 -
It will do indeed.0
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many thanks
just need to decide which one now0 -
I agree with this advice.
Personally I'd go shorter if you are using mostly on road, fireroads or singletrack. For really steep/rough stuff I might go for the longer one - but then you may as well go for suspension if doing that I guess? I went for a shorter fork (around 80mm travel equivalent ) on my Kinesis Decade Versa which is usually built around a 100mm sus fork & think I made the right decision.'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.0 -
cheers all
the riding I'd be doing on this would certainly be 70% on road 30% off road
the offroad being a dusty gravel track of approx 5 miles in length, maybe the odd quick drop off a kerb (assuming I may need to). Hills on the commute home - but nothing that poses any problems with my bike now set up as 1 x 10 with 36t up front
Certainly no big drops, jumps or anything like that, in fact I'd probably adjust the above figures to 80% / 20%0 -
Kinesis Maxlight XLT forks could go on your list too.
Big fan of the ones I got on my hopper (used for commuting, but I've also run them on proper MTB duty and they're actually pretty good).
Pretty lightweight, and nice and cheap.
Edit: Not that there is anything wrong with those exotic ones, which are also superb value.0 -
thanks for the suggestions and tips
the searching / researching continues
Am i right in thinking I'd certainly need to move some headset parts as well from the old fork to the new (crown?)
Or it could be used as an ideal time to reaplace the headset0 -
Just need to swap the crown race over.0