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Hi putting a 29er together not sure if i should fit bouncy forks or carbon ridged ones. Most of my riding
will be singletrack with lots of roots. It's a steel frame & i'm afraid there will be gears on it. Also tyres which ones, what size, 2.1 2.2 . So your experiencers would be most appreciated.
Don't worry i've still got a 5 for the big days. 😯
Bouncy forks for me every time, you could go rigid for those slower winter mudfest rides though.
Rigids are good, but to be honest after putting a sus fork back on I much prefer it.
Got 100mm Reba's on my Cotic Solaris and it's just great
Tyres: Beavers if it's wet, Ikon front, cross mark rear if it's not.
Whatever forks you're used to/fancy. It'll be fun whatever!
Get bouncy forks that can lock out then
carbon rigid on my 26er and steel on the 29ers, lovely. Does all I want it to do....
Lock out suspension fork! Best of both!
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rigid forks are great too
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Rigid works better on a 29er. Go rigid.
Listen not to these pansies with their pogo forks. 🙂
Having looked at the video put up of the 1996 xc race at QECP a day or so ago and how incredibly tame the route looked by modern riding standards and seeing them all with suspension forks AND remembering how average forks were back then, I'd say it's a no brainer that a modern suspension fork is a good thing to have on your bike in most situations apart from if you have niche issues or a thing for self abuse.
I've got 100mm Rebas on my 29'er and run with either 2.0" Mud X TLR's or 2.1" Specialized Ground Control S-Works, the latter are way bigger, with much more volume & width than the bontys