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I'm looking to build a lightweight XC bike on a serious budget. I've been tempted by the Spinner Aeris Sport forks.
So they're lighter than 09 SIDS and can be had for about £150 all in....
Are they noodly, springy and useless to all but the most wippety of XC racers?
I would really value anyone's opinion... thanks
not had experience of these, but was looking for something not as noodly as old SIDS a while ago and spotted a few deals on Manitou R7's on ebay. about £170 new IIRC, may be another option.
Out of interest, where were you thinking of getting the spinners from? Don't think there's a UK distributor is there?
Yep a customer has some on his bike, they have already failed within a year and spares are pretty much unavailable, he also said they are very flexy and the damping is piss poor.
bugger 🙁 I thought It might be too good to be true.
I've just trawled the MTBR forums and the general consensus is that they're better when you've fettled the internal elastomers and switch to a lighter oil.
but the spares thing is a problem..
I'll take a look at R7s...
Have a look on the Weight-Weenies forum
Second hand Rebas can be had for around £150. I got some without a mark on them for £150. Great forks and would be a much better bet than the spinners or Manitou.
I've got some Manitou Skarebs (05) on one bike, predecessor to the R7 and 07 Reba SL on the other.
I'm always pleasantly surprised by the Manitous, plush, relatively stiff and very light. The Reba is more adjustable, but not much better overall imho.
I'd be very interested in how the R7s perform.
The Aeris is reckoned by most to be awful, I woulnd't touch it with a barge pole!
Why not try and track down an old SID, they're bound to crop up, and they're about the best of the really lightweight forks. Manitou are getting there, but their UK following is poor. The R7s are meant to be good, not ridden a pair though.
dont expect the old sid's to be stiff though!! they are Super flexy! almost to the point of concern! i recently got a pair of ebay, 06's, for the final touch to the bike, the price you have to pay for the weight is the stiffness, i used to run an old (05) set of marz bomber mx comp air's which despite the extra 1lb weight over the sid's feel like luxury!
i did have a good look around for the manitou's as the R7 can be had quite resonably now and seema good fork, that or the magura Durin's but they are still a little pricey,
the spinners are based ont he old sid's (iirc spinner made the old sid's for RS) so are going to be flexy, but for £150 delivered of ebay cant go too badly wrong!
They're a lot more flexy and less usable than the old SID by all accounts!
I've never seen a set being raced on, there's probably a reason for that...