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« on: April 08, 2006, 11:46:31 AM »
looking for some forks for freeride but not really sure what to get. Any advice welcome
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« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2006, 12:27:28 PM »
how much travle are you looking for ??

how much are you willing to spend ??

new or secondhand ??

a few spesifics would be useful

but as a general stab id say marzocchi 66 are a good bet
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« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2006, 14:53:58 PM »
yeah was a pretty vague post because i had to go out. I'm looking to spend up to about 140 quid so i'm guessing second hand would be better. Not sure on travel so thats what i really want to know. I'll check out the 66's
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« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2006, 16:22:43 PM »
if you could strech 199, you could get some brand new pikes on the on-one website, or i bet some one would be selling some pikes, or some zocchi dropoffs, both are decent prices and have decent performance at around your price range.

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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2006, 16:49:16 PM »
Maybe check out some of the older Boxxer or Sherman Slider range second hand if you want to go dual crown? I was thinking of letting go of my '03 TF'd Races, and they seem to be going for under the
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« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2006, 18:16:54 PM »
Yeah i like the look of the pikes and i could possibly stretch.

Thanks rokin but i'm only after single crown.
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« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2006, 19:41:33 PM »
Damn, only a couple of hours, out, but you beat me to it!

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if you could strech 199, you could get some brand new pikes

My mate has some, and they are good, I normally hate anything rock shox, but they are very good!
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« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2006, 19:57:54 PM »
for how much?
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« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2006, 23:25:05 PM »
iv had most variitys of forks, iv had z150,s n that but my fav single crown freeride fork hast to be PIKES thay just rule the roost there just mini2006 boxxers, and thay kick ass, everyone says it for a good reason  Grin

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« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2006, 14:00:22 PM »
Well it would seem all the good forks that i was considering with a good size travel for freeride (mz freeridex, pikes, shermans) are all 20mm bolt through and i'm running the atomlab hub on my trailpimp which is qr =/
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« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2006, 14:51:34 PM »
not meny decent freeride, or for that matter non xc forks have qr, all are on 20mm because of the stiffness, you might aswell fork out themoney for a new wheel, in the long run it will be cheeper,

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« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2006, 17:21:35 PM »
I think i'm just gonna buy a 20mm hub and get my local bike shop to build it on to my existing trailpimp. Any reccommendations on hubs? I'm thinking the hope pro II or something similar. Can't afford the bulb if i'm gonna have to pay for the wheel to be built and then get the forks.
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« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2006, 18:50:07 PM »
Second hand, or nearly new;).

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HOPE-BULB-Gold-36-Hole-Front-20mm-Bolt-thru_W0QQitemZ7217561500QQcategoryZ58089QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2006, 23:47:44 PM »
revolver frunt hub, cheep, light, and very good for the money
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« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2006, 11:18:39 AM »
Yeah saw that on crc. Looked quite good. I've got a hope xc hub and will have an atomlab hub qr to swap if anyone has a nice bolt through hub?!

EDIT: ok it looks like i might be getting the "older version" of the hope bulb for pretty cheap. It's qr but you can convert it to 20mm with the conversion kit right? How difficult is this to do? Also whats different between the "older version" and the newer? Thanks
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