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Having a right run of kit breaking etc at the min..
Just fitted a hans dampf to the front of my xc bike today after last night's puncture as I was still running rocket Ron's and they are getting a bit dicey at -4'.
I've discovered that the new tyre now rubs the crown on one side slightly. Pulled the wheel out and it appears it's the forks not the wheel dish as the wheel sits straight in my wheel jig.
I thought the previous tyre looked off centre but being narrower they didn't rub... SID world cups clearly a bit flimsy and I've somehow bent them a touch!
Any recommendations of what to replace them with and where from? Something with clearance for 26 and 650b wheels maybe?
They will be going on a 26" wheeled whippet frame .
Not exactly spoilt for choice om 26 specific forks these days!
When I needed Rebas last year I ended up with Rosebikes.
Though I was needing some old school straight steerer ones with a 9mm QR.
Have a hunt around on amazon
I think I've got some barely used 120mm revs/Reba's (I can't remember which!) With a 9mm qr. Let me know if that's any use and I can dig them out and measure steerer length etc.
If they are 1 1/8th and good working order then yeh they could be.
Can get me on
paulbennett76@(removethisbit)hotmail.com
Cheers
I don't think you've bent them as I have this issue too with 26" SIDS. 2.25 ok but wider and it's touch and go. I can just run a 2.4 NN but not with a guard and it will rub a bit sometimes.
I didn't have that issue with the same tyre/wheel in Rebas.
Just buy 650b and enjoy the extra mud clearance, it's what I do.....650b X-fusion Sweep with a 26 inch front wheel in there, also gives me the option off going full 650b when the time comes.
I thought about 650b as the whippet can take a 650b rear wheel too.
Adsh, definitely bent... know when it happened and the 2.25 rubbed a touch under hard cornering, just on one side. You can see the wheel looks dished bit its bit the wheel.
Je james had a good deal on Reba forks £189
Thanks, they need to be 1 1/8th though 🙁
I'm thinking about buying a fork with similar requirements, so I've had a look at Golddigger's link and played around with the filters to set the correct steerer and axle etc.
However, I'm not sure which forks to go for. I saw the Manitou R7 Pro Absolute+ first, so that's a starting point. More expensive are the Magura TS8 R, then the Rockshox SID XX or RCT3 and the Fox Float GRIP Performance. I looked for some reviews, but some of the forks seem to have been made for years, so I'm not sure if the reviews are for the listed forks. I thought the Magura might be good, but SingleTrack reviewed them a few years ago, and they had a lot of problems with them. Any idea on how to narrow the field down? Are there any stand-out options?