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I want to keep my 2010 Giant Anthem running. It's a nice light bike and perfectly suited to the type of riding that is within my local area. I am looking at replacing the front fork with a budget friendly 26/27.5, 100-120mm travel, straight steerer, 9mm QR option.
Does anybody have any good feedback or tips on where to find?:
(1) Suntour Epixon (such as
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(2) Manitou Markhor (stocked by Rose but unavailable due to Brexit! )
(3) Any other budget friendly suggestions
i've just bought a suntour epixon for my Lad's bike.. not riden in fury yet, but seems much nicer and lighter than the Suntour XCR POS that I took off it!
£160 off ebay... btw..
DrP
I got a Rockshox XC Silver TK from Decathlon when I was building the boy's bike back in the first lockdown. Just checked though and they are out of stock. Took me quite a while to find something if I'm honest, even eBay wasn't much use.
I put a 29" Epicon on a hardtail to replace an old Reba that is pretty knackered. Very impressed with it. It's not a high-end fork, but worked well out of the box as an XC trail fork. I would go for the 27.5" version if I was rebuilding a 26" bike. That way you can swap it to a newer frame if you need to.
If your anywhwere near the south coast you can have my old 130mm revelations? Packet of digestive biscuits and yours.
When I was looking at this the Epixon looked the best option. You may also find a Raidon which is quite similar - but possibly heavier. I actually bought a 100-130mm U-Turn Revelation secondhand in the end.
Another Revelation user here, 426 duals can be had cheap but the service kits can pull the price up a lot. Main thing is stanchion wear, if they've been looked after that's not an issue otherwise avoid.
Recon 325s arent bad either, just a bit more basic. Again, same wear checks.
I'd be biting Wild Hunters hand off for those Revs.
@Wildhunter2009 unfortunately I am located in Scotland and so it wouldn't be completely hassle free to take you up on your very generous offer. However, if the forks were in decent enough condition I'd be happy to compensate you more than a packet of digestives for your effort in packaging them up!
Will dig them out of the shed and take some closeups. They are old but in pretty good condition I think.
I will investigate and get back to you!
+1 for the Epixon had them for 26 ,27.5 and 29 wheels never had a problem with any of them