Hi Folks,
Just after a bit of guidance really please. I'm after a set of front forks for my 29er, and the two to choose from within my "not-getting-a-divorce" budget is the Rock Shox Tora 29er or the Manitou Drake 29er. Do any of your good selves have any experience of the above, or any good reliable info? Any help would be great.

Cheers,

T. 🙂

Just bought a scandal and stuck a tora on it. Bit weighty but seems like a pretty good fork to me, nice and stif

Tora 29er SL race jobbos are really good forks, bit weighty(steel stanchions) but stiff as anything (also due to the steel. If you're a big rider out of the two I'd go for the toras. The drake look nice but they're a bit clunky by all accounts

reviews for both below

http://www.mtbr.com/cat/suspension/29er-forks/rockshox/tora-race/PRD_425073_1563crx.aspx

http://www.mtbr.com/cat/suspension/2009-forks/manitou/drake-29-super-absolute/PRD_426612_6513crx.aspx

Great stuff guys, thank you for your help. Tora's it is then (I am 6'2" so good point on the last post too, cheers tazzymtb! :-))

T.