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36 on one leg and 38 on the other, sorted…
Can you swap legs for clockwise / anti-clockwise trail centres?
36mm, 38mm, some of us are still on 32mm!
Mrs_oab only relatively recently graduated from a Headshok... 😎
Mrs_oab only relatively recently graduated from a Headshok… 😎
I feel like there's a cheap, crude joke to be made here about oral sex and consent. But I am choosing not to go down that path...
As an 11st rider who rides the Tweed Valley and the Highlands I’ve gone back from a Yari to a Pike and it’s more comfortable and more than stiff enough.
Probably because the Pike is a better fork.
Yeah it sucks when you get more than you paid for......
My Nukeproof Mega was supposed to come with a band-on Brand-X dropper lever - instead I got an integrated iSpec EV Shimano lever.
Oh and slightly more on topic - I have 38's - they're bloody brilliant!
Polite chat with the bike shop, sounds like a bit of a mix-up their end.
Let us know how they suggest resolving it.
I'm with you FWIW, I'd spec a Lyrik/36 class fork on that frame.
the 38's come standard on a new build ibis ripmo now - so im not sure what the issue is? its probably overkill but thats how ibis is now speccing full bikes
i wouldnt personally be bothered at all
You would HAVE been writing a review.
Wrong thread - https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/stuff-that-makes-you-disproportionately-cross/
Dont manufactures usually have little clauses about they have the right to change the spec from whats advertised 😕
Im sure I've read that.
Mrs_oab only relatively recently graduated from a Headshok…
I really liked the Headshoks, esp with the upgraded Magura cartridge. They just got too hard to maintain so I swapped them out for 100mm 32mm forks in the end.
Back in the day...
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I'd spec 36 @ 140/150mm ... 38 @ 170/180mm ... were as at 160 it's either, isn't it. Think I'd be swayed towards 38 ... and if it was on a reduced sale item bike, just take whichever it came with!
Yep they do, Dyna but the point was I specifically phoned the shop to check the spec. If they had said 38’s, my reply would of been, please don’t cut the steerer and it would of been easier to punt on the forks.
I knew that Ibis was shipping out bikes with the 38’s, hence the phone call but the bikes spec on the site was 36’s.
Do you notice a difference in how your bike rides if you have a water bottle attached vs not?
I do yes 🙂
Back in the day…
I loved my headshok... but they proved both the advantages and disadvantages of bearings instead of bushings in suspension forks to me... they felt amazing when the bearings were fresh. Not that UK weather friendly. Wish I'd kept a headshok equipped hardtail as a summer only xc machine.
If its any help, the shop likely won't have cut the steerer unless it was a custom build with consumers components. Bikes tend to come from the assembly factory just requiring basic putting pre assembled bars on to the stem already fitted to the forks.
Have you called the shop then OP?
Thanks K, called the shop need to speak to the chap but he’s off till tomorrow.
Spoke to the shop, all their ripmo’s in stock have 38’s on them.
So basically I can send bike back for a refund or suck it up, they did apologise though but denied any conversation I had with them.
So will give it a few rides, if it feels like a boat anchor, I’ll get a 36 or a lyrik.
So will give it a few rides, if it feels like a boat anchor, I’ll get a 36 or a lyrik
sell it and get a mezzer.