Awaits inevitable RockShox fanboi wisdom. 😀
I'm looking to buy one of these but the price still seems high. The 2013 models are starting to be listed on some websites. Should I give it a month or so for the prices to drop before pulling the trigger, or will the prices remain high for a while?
I don't much fancy one of the 2013 models, given the lukewarm reaction to the CTD damper.
2010 - £380
not certain if you have seen this?
If you want forks for 26" wheels, best buy them now before they are phased out.
I had seen that Merlin offer, thanks. Anyone know what changed between 2010 and later versions? I've been struggling to find out.
I don't think they will phase out 26"
Any particular reason you want the F120s over a Reba (for example)?
I had 2 F120s, 1st set with QR and second set with the QR15. Both had the hollow brace. I'm not a great rider, but I did notice the flex in the fork. Front wheel didn't track round corners nearly as well as the R130s, Revelations (QR) or Rebas (Maxle). I also couldn't get full travel on either version - the forks stopped before the last 15mm or so, although the damping was excellent, and they are light. One was a 2010 model, I think, the other a 2009.
The Reba Maxle 120s I have at the moment are much flusher forks, and stiffer! Shame they're not as sexy to look at 🙁
I will probably be taking a Float 120 off a new 2012 bike to sell soon, email in profile if interested.
I am about 15st so the stiffer the better probably. I haven't ruled anything out really, so may also look at DtSwiss and Magura too. But I have some old Vanillas at present which have served me well, hence my preference for Fox.
Get float 140's instead of f'series and space em down to 120, they have a stiffer webbed arch instead of the hollow f'series arch, and they have more stantion/bush overlap when you space em down which stiffens them up as well...
the best thing about the F120 is it only gives 100mm of travel. Certainly the older (09-10) ones did, plenty of threads on here and MTBR about it and possible modifications.
140s spaced down would probably be better. The only page I can find on the Fox site is this:
http://service.foxracingshox.com/consumers/Content/Service/QuickTech/FFloatAirSpgTravelAdj.htm
But, it all seems a bit vague for my liking, I'd like to see a list of years and model numbers to be absolutely sure this could be done on the models I'm looking at. I don't know why Fox have moved to that shitty online manual rubbish, just let us download the sodding PDF by year/model. Gah!
Thinking about this overnight, I think a Float 150 spaced down to 120 would be better still, as this would give me an upgrate path, should I decide to switch my Soul for a Rocket. I've mailed TF Tuned to see if this is do-able.