old school frame, modern sus' forks
BrettG
Posts: 11
I'm riding my 1999 GT Tequesta again after many years away from the sport. It's got a lot of sentimentsl value and is a nice ride but I would like to have some suspension again. (It did have a set of 98 judys origionally but they were heavy and high maintenance and have long gone).
I dont want to add lots of weight and am not bothered about keeping it "retro" but being as it's old school geometry I really dont know what forks would work without screwing the geometry.
The rigid fork has 395mm measurement on the axle to crown and I'm not looking for 100 plus travel. What could be usuable with a budget of no more than £200 ? (don't mind buying used if I can find something easily maintainable).
thanks in advance.
I dont want to add lots of weight and am not bothered about keeping it "retro" but being as it's old school geometry I really dont know what forks would work without screwing the geometry.
The rigid fork has 395mm measurement on the axle to crown and I'm not looking for 100 plus travel. What could be usuable with a budget of no more than £200 ? (don't mind buying used if I can find something easily maintainable).
thanks in advance.
0
Comments
-
I have the same (but think mine is '97 - black with red front end and the flame pattern) and currently rebuilding mine. I managed to find some marzocchi bomber xfly 100's in nice condition for about £50 on eBay - similar era and (I think) properly damped. I stuck with retro as I found my choices were limited with modern forks as I wanted to keep my v brakes. The only modern fork I could find in stock with canti mounts was the rockshox xc28 and 30. For that level of fork money I opted for some solid old bombers. There are loads on eBay if you fancied taking a similar route.
I think more than 100mm travel might mess about with the geometry a bit too much? Also, will the frame take it? The old forks I swapped out we're rs Indy sl's - only 50 something mm of travel!0
