I'm looking to get my 2015 Orbea rallon back up and running for the wife to use, but I'm lacking a set of forks for it (I knew I shouldn't have sold the lyrik last year - doh).
What fork options do I have for <200 quid? They should be around 160mm travel, tapered steerer, 15mm axle, non boost.
I don't want those awful cheap Chinese forks I've seen on ebay , they do need to be semi competent.
Those Suntour forks? I think the Chiggle giants have them reduced to that sort of price.
If you can live with using a Boost adaptor I've a set of Yaris I need to sell. I was thinking of around £230 for them.
BOS Devilles best 26/27.5 out there always cheap as customer service was poor but easy to service & perform better than most other forks for price.
Was looking for bos deville, but couldn't see any cheap, do you have a link?
With less than £200, you couldn’t even get the Bos serviced and working if someone gave you a free pair! I’ll find a Chiggle link for the Suntour ones…
Thanks those suntour ones do look to be the only option, do they actually work reasonably well? Or are they just junk?
kelvin
With less than £200, you couldn’t even get the Bos serviced and working
Spoken like a man who used to sell BOS 🙂
They're great forks for the most part, and easy to do a basic service on, but yeah, I'd hate to be chasing spares or warranty.
Bos forks are flippin bonkers in the performance dept.
Try emailing Bos a simple question not to hear back meant never again
Plenty of 2nd hand forks for that money - do you want/need new?
Doesn't need to be new, but I haven't seen anything second hand for that money that didn't appear absolutely ****ed already.
I’ve got a 130/160 travel adjust 27.5 pike that I was gonna list on here later for £180 if they are any use? The lowers are fairly scuffed, stantions have no marks, and some brake hose rub on the crown but all function fine
X fusion Sweeps are good for the money if you can get cheap deals. The RL2 model can be easily upgraded to the roughcut damper to give a surpringly good ride. Not sure about the Suntour Aions but they get good reviews for the money, see Pinkbike.
I have a 2nd hand set of sweeps for sale....