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I currently have rigid 29er forks. But intend on something a bit bigger what do you use?
Recon air's 120mm travel. Feels good to me.
How do you find the 29er rigid forks/which ones are you running?
old 130mm bombers (z1mc or something like that) - silver, corroded, heavy, ugly but work well!
140mm Revs - Found it difficult to stop the front end wandering on climbs to start with, but soon got used to it.
Quite fancy getting some 150mm maxle u turns, 150mm for the descents, then 130/140mm the rest of the time.
I have steel Haro Mary forks off ebay for £25!
I like the look of the Rev U turns but there not cheap!
RC41F
manitou minute TPC elite's 140mm
cracking fork...
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Pike coil 95-140mm u-turns on a Ti 456. The forks weigh more than the frame, but it rides great. 🙂
coil Pikes here too
I'm with team pike coils. Seem to work well together.
fox van 32's 140mm, work brilliantly.
'09 Recon Coil U-Turn 85-130mm, no issues so far, run them at 130mm 99% of the time, the occasional twiddle down if it's a long climb.
Fox 32 TALAS, 100 for the climbs, 140 for the downs
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Fox 36 van r for me, fitted to my 456 ss over the weekend, first ride on that set up tonight. Trying to get an xc bike that feels more like my dh race bike.
Magura Menja 130mm
fox 36 TALAS R. 8)
Coil Pikes all day. Like Peaches and Cream.
Currently some cheapo maz mx comp 100mms, soon to be rigid 460mm kona project 2's, but did have some TALAS 140-100. The talas worked great, 100mm is only for climbing IMO (and with the current 100mm maz it's not great to ride anywhere except uphill) but they are on the Hemlock now and the 456 is singlespeed.
I've had 145mm Nixons, U-turn air pikes and now a 120mm reba.
Of those, I prefer my456 with the 120mm rebas.
Z1 FR1 150mm travel, makes the bike nice and slack. ETA for the really steep climbs.
Air Pike 454 wound down to 125mm. Never felt the need to change it from there going up or down. I found the biggest difference in performance came from moving the saddle forward!
Fox 32 Talas RLC QR15 although I'd really like to try some 32 Vans! Maybe when the new Ti456 is out! Used to run Minute 3's with IT switch, they were nice and light, IT switch was very hand for sharp climbs, but the general performance was very disappointing. Fox's are unimaginably better!
I had some old 120mm Bombers - suited the 456 just right for me.
Pike Air U-turns 110-140mm on both my old steel 456 & Ti 456
Ran the old steel one on Rev's at first and the Ti one on some 140mm Talas 32's but with Pike's & ProII hubs on both its easier swapping wheels about
coil pike.
Suntour Epicon 140mm on my 456 SS, great for descending, less than optimal for climbing but it's easily managable.
Porbably gonna go for 140mm Pike's (maybe U-Turn) once I've killed the Epicon.
140mm revs on mine
dual air rev u-turn 100-130
Magura Thor 140mm on my Ti456 and Rock Shox Revelation 130mms on my 456SS.
Fox 36 Float.
Just seems more me than 140mm Floats.
It's a big frame though, so probably more suited to big forks.
Ridged on-one cro-mo.
Real nippy.
Reba teams 120mm . Recently changed the travel from 100 to 120 and the bike handles so much better.
Maverick SC32's on mine works great
Ti 456 and air u turn pikes
Coil u turn revs with new Fox Floats RL's waiting to be fitted this weekend - thanks on-one and tazzy!
Talas 32 - 90% of the time at 120 and find it works great at this
Tried 120 Reba maxles, 140 Thors and Talas 36's - works best for me with the Thors.
Float 130mm it feels perfect
130 Revs when I had mine, if I had one again I'd go for a bolt through fork, probably Pikes.
120 Marzocchi Mx Pro ETA. Cheap fork works well.
130mm Dual Air Revs, cheap quality fork on a cheap quality frame.
Coil Pike u-turn
Marzocci All mountain 2s set and forget at 140mm - they came with the frame!
Fox Vanilla RCL on mine which I really like, but ideally I'd like something with the Vanilla coil feel, that I could wind-down for the steeper climbs.
Coil U turn Pikes. Fandabbydozy.
I've had Black 100/120, felt fine.
I've had Nixons, 140mm - even better.
I've had 36 Float R - great but a bit OTT in London 🙂
I've fitted rigid CF On-One 26er fork - the best ever.
Will try RC41 when it gets fixed.