just picked up an intense 5.5 frame and my main conundrum is forks, only realy used Marzocchi before but fancy a change to fox, perhaps rock shox. will be used for the heavier side of XC, need to get up hills and take a good hammering back down hills, now I want to keep the bike light but not so they will nacker! SO far I have been offered
Fox F100 RL
Fox Floats
Various Pikes
Would the F10o's be too light for abuse? Ideally i would like external adjustment r & c
Any thoughts?
Well done mate,
I have Fox Van R's on mine. Cheap, not too heavy and I wouldn't know what to do with any more adjustment!
I'm also in Bristol and you're welcome to a tester.
F100 - too short
Floats if they're 140mm+ are fine.
Pikes are heavy! but will be fine for hammering down with.
Fox Talas (100/120/140 or 110/130/150), RS Revelation (new 140mm) or Pace RC41 Fighters /DT EXC150s are what you're after if you wan't to keep the geometry right, have external adjustment and light weight.
thanks, I need external adjustment for ease of fettling on the trail to get them right, I love the F100's I have seen but they are on the shorter side of travel the frame will take
Don't consider F100s. They're 40-50mm too short for the frame
Bear in mind that not all same travel forks are the same axle-crown height
As built they come with 140mm foxes. The review in the singletrack a few issues ago reckoned the bike would be made better use of with pikes up front
[i]for reference:
Magura Menja @ 130mm = 500mm
RS pre-09 RVL @ 130mm = 508mm
Fox 32 @ 140mm = 511mm (that may just be QR though and not QR15 which may be slightly taller)
RS 09 RVL 20mm @ 140mm = 518mm
Pike @ 140mm = 518mm
Magura Thor @ 140mm = 520mm
RS RVL 09 QR @ 140mm = 521mm[/i]
i ran mine last year on menjas at 130mm, pretty sure i read somewhere that is the optimum legnth for a 5.5. great fork, no issues.
my 5.5 is just about to be built back up again, a little burlier this time. i've gone for pike 454 airs. my reasoning was that they have a solid reputation, i can adjust them to 140mm if so desired, are lighter than coils and i can get them pushed.