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[Closed] rigid fork for a ti456...what length..

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hi guys, sorry if this has been done to death b4, but if wanting to put a rigid fork on a ti456, what length fork should i get? planning on keeping a 26"wheel in ...choices of 42.5, 44.5, 46.5...and am thinking 44.5 ...would this be correct? or with the geo of a 456 would i need a 46.5?
TIA...and have done the searches, even rung on-one and still no answers

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Posted : 14/02/2010 3:02 pm
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440ish. 465 is for a 29er


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 3:05 pm
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[i]and am thinking 44.5 ...would this be correct?[/i]

yep


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 3:05 pm
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blimey..that was quick...many thanks guys ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 3:07 pm
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440 is equal to a 4" suss forked with sag. A better option is a 26 carbon fork with a 29 wheel which lifts the front 1.5" and rolls much better over rough stuff and slackens the head angle a bit.


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 3:17 pm
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thanks for that big pete... sorry for a daft question...does the 29 wheel just go straight in? ie no fidling with brakes etc...if so might give that a go as have a 29" front wheel just sat there doin nowt ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 3:35 pm
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Hmmm, I have a 29er wheel with bonty acx tyre and a set of 440mm rc31s: be back in a minute...

...about 45mm clearance still between tyre and crown. Should work very nicely.


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 3:38 pm
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not so lucky here...forgot mine was a 20mm bolt thru..doh ๐Ÿ˜†

so next question.. where best to get a carbon fork as everywhere seems to be out of stock ๐Ÿ™


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 3:59 pm
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Exotic? Good and cheap.


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 4:28 pm
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as on-one keep telling me when i email them.. they are expecting swock delivery in vast quantities tomorrow... whether this means carbon forks too I couldn't tell you...


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 4:35 pm
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Exotic forks. Cheap, though seem to have gone up in price lately.


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 5:00 pm
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Posted : 14/02/2010 5:56 pm
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when i rung on-one t'other day they said they wont be gettin any more carbon forks in....unless that was a cunnin plan to make me buy the ones with canti brake adaptors on too


 
Posted : 14/02/2010 7:11 pm