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Okay...like the stupid arse I am, I've just gone and bought a fairly jeyboy-ish 2008 [b]Giant Anthem 2[/b] frameset in blue. So I'll be looking to build this up with bits from here and there.. Ho hum..
Modern suspension forks just leave me a bit lost to be honest. The 'newest' ones I'm running at the moment are some v-braked Pace 80mm RC36 steel sprung jobbies from c. 2001
I was thinking of possibly getting hold of some used Rebas, or maybe some used Fox forks of some kind. But there are so many different versions and years available. I'm totally lost!
I guess my requirements are:
[b]1)[/b] Air sprung
[b]2)[/b] 80-100 ideally ...maybe 120mm travel at a push - with adjustable travel if poss
[b]3)[/b] Lockout - definitely! Either remote on handlebar, or on the fork leg
[b]4)[/b] Somewhere in the relitavely jeyboy-lightweight realm
[b]5)[/b] Reliable and well performing
[b]6[/b] Reasonably pretty looking (I know this is quite subjective!)
What do you think would be suitable forks for this bike?
Your recommendations please!
Cheers..
Rebas?
Magura Durins
air sprung
100mm(fixed)
lockout on bars
very light
reliable and do the job well
lovely and jey white n red colour scheme
Yep. I suggested [b]Rebas[/b] as a possiblity.
...I also suggested [b]Fox[/b] as another possiblity.
But which models / year etc.?
I know next to nothing about them - particularly with Fox!
Magura Durins... Hmmm.. will look them up!
Price range?
Rebas no question.
Fox only if you want to pay more and risk the anodising falling off...
The singletrack review (this is the anthem isn't it, not the anthem X?) said it didn't run well at 100mm (let alone 120mm), 80 or 85mm forks worked really well with the bike
Giant only ever supplied it with 80 or 85mm forks
I have a 07 Reba and it's perfect. You can get them in all kind of flavours, U-turnAIR for adjustable travel, dual air, remote lockout etc. I have the lockout lever on the forks leg, but I don't use it that often anyway, remote would be nice though. Very good fork, especially for the money as You could get almost new one for half the price of a Fox F100 in similar condition.
My mate is thinking about selling his new 09 SID in white/grey. 90mm travel (probably You could change it with using different spacers), came off a new 09 Specialized Stumpjumper Expert. I did see it yesterday and it looks really nice. New SID has some very good reviews as well.
The new SID would suit it beautifully, its a decent trail fork, not just a silly race fork these days too by all accounts I've read. The SRAM website has a good breakdown of the various models, TBH I get a bit lost trying to figure out which model is which too.
The singletrack review (this is the anthem isn't it, not the anthem X?) said it didn't run well at 100mm (let alone 120mm), 80 or 85mm forks worked really well with the bike
Giant only ever supplied it with 80 or 85mm forks
I've ridden one a fair bit with 100mm Rebas on and I find that it rides perfectly that way.