Ok I have a Pitch Pro with the standard Pikes on. 150mm back and 140mm front travel. Meant to be much better with 160mm forks but the all seem so expensive.
I'd love some Lyriks but they are comedy expensive.
I really don't have much of a budget to be honest, so does anyone have any suggestions?
A friend has some Marzocchi 66's which are meant to be unreliable but you can fix the inherent problem easily as he has done. I'm thinking along those lines but if anyone has better suggestions let me know.
Thanks all.
basic marz 55s
06 Marzocchi 66RC2x are ace.
... are the heaviest forks ever made.basic marz 55s
how about some 150mm forks?
can you get your hands on some 160's to try for a ride or 2? - to see what it's like?
RS Domain, i love mine and simple motion control damping.
I,m selling 36 RC2's for £380, 160mm of fixed travel and they are 2010 ones
+1 2010 marz 55s
Used lyriks, mine we're only 350 and five months old. The coils are ace
i got both lyrics and marz 55s
I bought some secondhand 2009 Fox 36 floats for £350. Much better fork than a Pike.
Merlin have Lyrik 170 DH solo airs going for £485 this weekend
I got some lyrik uturns from merlin t'other week for under £500 when they last had a 10percent off weekend. Worth every penny IMO
I prefer my 36 vans to my 36 talas, coil lyrik, air pike, and 66rc2x(?)
I paid about £300 for mine IIRC, in absolutely brand new condition. They did then explode unfortunately, 2-steps 🙄 but they're fixed now thanks to the seller. Lots of bargains on Lyriks if you're patient. Especially if you can take a 1.5 steerer.
Personally I'd sooner have 36s but I'm more wary of buying used ones, and the new price is too rich for me. Yes I am aware of the irony of being afraid of Fox reliability yet buying 2-steps 
But I can always coil them.
£350 too much really. 🙁
I stretched to get my £1050 Pitch so £500 on forks is never going to happen
Ok I'll get money for the Pikes but there is a tiny mark on one of the stantions which will affect value.
Enjoy the bike as it is then. My good mate has a pitch and it really brought his riding on... great bike out the box. Keep the upgradeitus for when you break or wear stuff out.
domains are dirt cheap but are heavy and according to some reviews its only the 318's that are worth having so your looking at 250 2nd hand, fox 36's are hard to come by under 300 but 32's are around the 200 mark, they only have 150 travel but given the choice between them and the domains id take the foxs
My good mate has a pitch and it really brought his riding on... great bike out the box. Keep the upgradeitus for when you break or wear stuff out.
They arent allowed to break or wear out. Ever.
I think I need a harder spring in them so might try that first. I seem to blow through all the travel too easily and drops/jumps don't feel right.
I remember when top class forks were £400. They've just gone daft now.
What's the closest to some basic well damped 160mm coil forks. Don't use my u turn ever.
What about a Specialized e150 - a mate sold a set with the wheel for only 200, to someone with a pitch too.
Marzocchi 55's seem reasonably priced on eBay. Seem to be loads of models though.
Domains all seem to be tapered steerers.
Check Pinkbike. I got some freshly serviced 2007 Lyriks in superb condition for £210 off there- the kids who've had their ma and pa buy stuff don't know the value of stuff.
55s- make sure you're pally with the original owner or that the air ATA ones have been converted to coil.
Rob, you'll get about £175 for the Pikes
Coil Lyriks sell for £300 or a tiny bit more, and if you're going longer you WILL need the u-turn for 'normal' riding as it's your only bike. Domains are perfectly usable, but you MUST get the 318 with MC damping and u-turn as otherwise you'll be downgrading the Pikes too much and you'll notice. They are bloody hefty too.
Belive me, my Lyriks made a big difference to my Pitch. Waaaay more than wasting money on a tarty gold stem and bars, put it that way. 😉
I won't get that much as one of stantions is marked.
I don't know where you see these lyrics for £300, they are all knackered at that price.
The Domains look promising but they are all 1.5" steerer tubes, grrrrr.
The Marzocchi forks may be more of a straight swap price wise, which I like. 🙂
Needed the new bars and stem anyway. Didn't cost me anything as had some other stuff to sell.
I just sold a seatpack for £8 so I've nearly saved up for some new forks. :-/
If buying 55's make sure they are 2010, 2008-2009 are dodgy!
To be perfectly honest, I serviced some 55SLs for Juan. They're rubbish. Far too complicated. Too much to go wrong. Which they do. Keep the Pikes rather than get those, honestly.
I based my estimate on the damaged stanchion. I asked £195 for mine and people were queuing up for them
£300 Lyriks are quite common. I'll start sending you the ads. Mine are Horas old ones, which I simply asked him to sell to me!
You might have got them cheaper if you'd have distracted him with a bag of chips.
There's some 2 step air Lyriks £250 BIN on eBay right now
55 sl's pre 2010 ? if so they are totaly differnt
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What about a Specialized e150 - a mate sold a set with the wheel for only 200, to someone with a pitch too.
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good call. I've still got my 2008 e150's with a good quality front wheel, spare 25mm hub AND two stems 60mm and 80 mm. All in great nick, tf tuned and could be for sale if you're interested???
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Yeah but they are in St Albans collection only and the ad looks well dodgy! 6/7th min round trip!
Sean, yep, but at the price Rob wants to pay he won't be getting 2010 ones will he? 🙂
I've done well with forks this year., £75 Domains, £40 Recons.
I serviced them and more than doubled my money on them. Putting the £75 profit from the Domains with the £195 I sold my Pikes for meant I only paid £30 for the Lyriks.... 8)
Yes you can get 2010-2011 zocchi 55 rv's as in jedi's 1'st post, for under 300 quid with 3 year warranty
Rob, yeah I noticed that, but there you go, cheap Lyriks are about!
Here you go, 5 quid short of 300
http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/product/85/9112101s/marzocchi-55-rv-2011.html
Sean, 1.5 steerer = No fit Pitch! 🙂
And, to be fair, I'd take a used coil Lyric or Vanilla 36 over them anyway
Theres some Fox 36 Vanilla RC2s on eBay worth watching too....
Carbon, QR 15, not 20mm. Come on you lot, try harder! 😉
ok these then [url= http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/product/marzocchi55rvblackamfreeride160mmtravelfork2011.aspx?&id=15364 ]http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/product/marzocchi55rvblackamfreeride160mmtravelfork2011.aspx?&id=15364[/url]
So would i if they were in good nick. the op was talking at one point about marz forks, i warned him of 2008-2009 being shite and in my experience 2010 being totally different
Just trying to help 🙄
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/FK279A16-Marzocchi+55+Tst2+Air+Fork+10.aspx
157 of your english pounds brand new plus shipping, etc.
@ rs, nice price but would'nt any warranty issue be a little tricky?
A 160mm zocchi is going to make the pitch very slack and a bitch to climb. My pitch has coil lyrik's which are great and the a-c height is much lower than a zocchi 55 or similar would be. The u-turn or talas is definitely worth having and my lyrik's cost me £260 in january and are serving me well.
wierd how 55s make my bottlerocket lower than my new lyrics do.
jedi really? My sx trail was lower with 180mm totems than my 55's! Maybe newer ones are lower?
yeah. the 55s only bottomed out maybe twice using them for 2 months at herts shore. the lyrics just don't have the same feel yet (only had them 2 weeks)
No problems with 55s on my pitch climbing
the bike gets used for everything.
To be honest i dont think its much diff than the pike was
Whatever used fork I buy I always figure I will have to spend another £120-ish servicing them and putting right the things are are wrong with them.
Did that with my current U Turn Lyriks (sent them to TF Tuned) and the difference was night and day.
If our budget is so severely restricted that you can't splash out £300-£500 you really should stick with the Pike. There's nothing wrong with the way those work, and the difference between a Pike and a Lyrik really isn't going to massively increase your riding ability somehow.
You could always try a swap...
One of my [url= http://ebike.pinkbike.com/ ]friends[/url] is trying to swap his Domain 318 (I think) uturns, and I think he might be interested in shorter travel. If you don't use PinkBike you can have his email address.
Those Marzocchi from the US are a proper deal! Worth considering I suppose.
160mm doesn't make it too slack at all apparently, and does raise the BB a bit which helps with rocky stuff as standard it's a bit low. It's all rocks round here in W Yorks so I'm forever clattering pedals and crankarms.
Thanks for all the help everyone.
Coil or air pike? My coil pike benefited hugely from a firm spring and a Push upgrade. Stopped in running deep in the travel where it would bog down and feel rotten, made it much better at recovering from big or repetitive hits. Worth the cash.
I've some 2010 marzocchi 55 micro air ti for sale. These are absolutely nothing like the 2008/09 models, even down to the materials used, the feel (really smooth just like marz' of old). Compared to the 2006 & 2008 36rc2 i had, these are much better. Seriously good forks. Only reason I'm selling is because I've split my "big" bike due to lack of use in the foreseeable.