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Bike standards have changed since my 2011 Cotic was born! Its currently running a set of lead weight Suntours up front that I'd like to swap for something a bit lighter. Needing 1 1/8th, 20mmTA and ideally about 150mm of travel, and a bit of forum help to find a suitable fork!
Don't really care about lockout or travel adjust, I'd rather it performs well, weighs less and can take a hit! Happy to rebuild if theres a tftuned kit or similar for it.
What fork and what year should I be looking for?
Maybe older lyric
Saw these the other day while browsing fleebay.
Older Revs, from when they were the top trail fork
Seen captainclunkz! Do those ones fall into the top trail fork category as jimi says? my knowledge of Rockshox was poor before I quit riding for 4 years!
I have Marzocchi 55 RC3 Ti and coil Lyrik U-Turn, both in 26" flavour that I've run on a Rocket. The Lyriks are good (and bulletproof, even with my laissez faire attitude to servicing) but the Marz are in a whole different league.
Neither of them are light (the Marz a bit lighter I think with Ti spring) but pretty plush.
I used to have a Ragley Blue Pig with Revelation RLT Ti forks with the blackbox damper. They were awesome 👌
@hertz32 I've a set of dtswiss carbon forks that fit the requirements. They need the orings changing in the damper. Pretty much as light for 150mm travel as you could get. 20mm TA. Drop a PM and I can give more details.
Rvelation +1, Lyric's had the much better Mission Control damper, but weighed a lot more too and probably overkill on a hardtail (assuming it's a hardtail).
I've got a 2012 Marzocchi 55 RC3 Ti too. It's pretty much knackered now but I liked the feel of it better than anything I had before or probably since, and it did me well from 2012 to about 2018 or so on a Hemlock before it developed issues. And originally it had a (I think) 3 year no service warranty. However you can't get spares now for love nor money. If you were ok to take the risk that it might suddenly become scrap then a 2nd hand but barely used one of those could be a decent option. Or the 44 depending on how burly you want it. I picked up a 2nd hand 44 for a friend a couple of years ago, which still seems good.
55 was 160/170 depending on year. 44 might be 150?
Thanks for all the replies! Didn't expect to get such a good response as quick as this!
Dropped @Nixie that message but whilst i wait i've found these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fox-36-Talas-R-Downhill-Forks-26/114534760352
36's may be almost as heavy as what I have now though!
I wish SRAM would offer something like a Yari or Sektor in 150ish with a 1 1/8th. Just one fork as an offering to old bikes.
Even if it was Boost and 27.5 we could live with it. It’s not too hard to get a boost adapter or upgrade a hub and 275 would still fit a 26 wheel. All they’d need to do is make a different CSU for an existing fork.
Theres a few places that will press a straight steerer into a modern fork for you.
I have a pair of these that are going on a Cotic Hemlock,there not light but I haven't used a fork thats better
"Marzocchi Z1 RC2 ETA 2007 Forks user reviews : 4.6 out of 5 - 8 reviews - mtbr.com" https://www.mtbr.com/product/suspension/2007-forks/marzocchi/z1-rc2-eta.html