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mitch7
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| herbman wrote: | | i hate to say it but the best fix would be the replace with fox 36s |
Pikes are the best trail/AM fork on the market.
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jamieinauckland
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:08pm Post subject: |
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I love the pike 454, prefer it to the lifeless feel of a fox any day of the week
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herbman
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:12pm Post subject: |
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| mitch7 wrote: | | herbman wrote: | | i hate to say it but the best fix would be the replace with fox 36s |
Pikes are the best trail/AM fork on the market. |
if that was the case people down this way would not be replacing there pikes with 36s like they are.
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shmoodiver
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:16pm Post subject: |
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LYRICS!!!!
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mitch7
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:21pm Post subject: |
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| herbman wrote: | | mitch7 wrote: | | herbman wrote: | | i hate to say it but the best fix would be the replace with fox 36s |
Pikes are the best trail/AM fork on the market. |
if that was the case people down this way would not be replacing there pikes with 36s like they are. |
sigh (here we go.....)
i can't comment on your regional preferences (it is election year)..but it could be a number of things..1.Blue Shark are down your way 2. Fox do make good forks, and they sure do look flash 3. you mexicans believe Fox is best, the same way you believe Speights is the best beer in world...and so on... 
I still think Pikes are betterer  (so does MBUK and MTB Action...but hey what do they know??) Cheaper and simpler.
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Butch
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:26pm Post subject: |
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| mitch7 wrote: | | herbman wrote: | | mitch7 wrote: | | herbman wrote: | | i hate to say it but the best fix would be the replace with fox 36s |
Pikes are the best trail/AM fork on the market. |
if that was the case people down this way would not be replacing there pikes with 36s like they are. |
sigh (here we go.....)
i can't comment on your regional preferences (it is election year)..but it could be a number of things..1.Blue Shark are down your way 2. Fox do make good forks, and they sure do look flash 3. you mexicans believe Fox is best, the same way you believe Speights is the best beer in world...and so on...
I still think Pikes are betterer (so does MBUK and MTB Action...but hey what do they know??) Cheaper and simpler. |
Thats as maybe, it's just a shame you're wrong!
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shmoodiver
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LYRICS!!!!!!
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mitch7
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:33pm Post subject: |
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| Butch wrote: | | mitch7 wrote: | | herbman wrote: | | mitch7 wrote: | | herbman wrote: | | i hate to say it but the best fix would be the replace with fox 36s |
Pikes are the best trail/AM fork on the market. |
if that was the case people down this way would not be replacing there pikes with 36s like they are. |
sigh (here we go.....)
i can't comment on your regional preferences (it is election year)..but it could be a number of things..1.Blue Shark are down your way 2. Fox do make good forks, and they sure do look flash 3. you mexicans believe Fox is best, the same way you believe Speights is the best beer in world...and so on...
I still think Pikes are betterer (so does MBUK and MTB Action...but hey what do they know??) Cheaper and simpler. |
Thats as maybe, it's just a shame you're wrong! |
eeek its Butch...  ...
you ride Suntour's dontcha??...
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mitch7
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:34pm Post subject: |
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| shmoodiver wrote: | | LYRICS!!!!!! |
Basically a long Pike 
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herbman
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:34pm Post subject: |
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| mitch7 wrote: | | herbman wrote: | | mitch7 wrote: | | herbman wrote: | | i hate to say it but the best fix would be the replace with fox 36s |
Pikes are the best trail/AM fork on the market. |
if that was the case people down this way would not be replacing there pikes with 36s like they are. |
sigh (here we go.....)
i can't comment on your regional preferences (it is election year)..but it could be a number of things..1.Blue Shark are down your way 2. Fox do make good forks, and they sure do look flash 3. you mexicans believe Fox is best, the same way you believe Speights is the best beer in world...and so on...
I still think Pikes are betterer (so does MBUK and MTB Action...but hey what do they know??) Cheaper and simpler. |
come on fight fair the low blow about speights was not called for, we only ship that parc up to the north as a joke.
and i wouldn't trust any thing out of MBA. they market a fork down cause it felt harsh with the lockout on.
and if you open up a set of fox forks they are rather simple and the only oddish tool that i needed to work on the was a thin bladed 14mm open ended spanner.[/b]
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BenB
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:35pm Post subject: |
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Just ride them and decide which you like best. Don't listen to some mag that provide nice reviews to who ever buys the most ad space.
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JK2
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:38pm Post subject: |
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if you pop the circlip off the uturn adjustor you can remove the adjustor (mind the little springs and bbs) and you can tighten up the top of the uturn mechanism. It is a 10 minute job at most.
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shmoodiver
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| Posted: Tue 28/Oct/08 10:43pm Post subject: |
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| mitch7 wrote: | | shmoodiver wrote: | | LYRICS!!!!!! |
Basically a long Pike |
huh?????? different lowers, stanctions, crown, steerer,
same loverly feel tho aye
and i'm with ben b just ride them suckers. i run marzocchi's on my park bike and a fox shock on the back of my enduro
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mitch7
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| Posted: Wed 29/Oct/08 6:49am Post subject: |
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| herbman wrote: | | mitch7 wrote: | | herbman wrote: | | mitch7 wrote: | | herbman wrote: | | i hate to say it but the best fix would be the replace with fox 36s |
Pikes are the best trail/AM fork on the market. |
if that was the case people down this way would not be replacing there pikes with 36s like they are. |
sigh (here we go.....)
i can't comment on your regional preferences (it is election year)..but it could be a number of things..1.Blue Shark are down your way 2. Fox do make good forks, and they sure do look flash 3. you mexicans believe Fox is best, the same way you believe Speights is the best beer in world...and so on...
I still think Pikes are betterer (so does MBUK and MTB Action...but hey what do they know??) Cheaper and simpler. |
come on fight fair the low blow about speights was not called for, we only ship that parc up to the north as a joke.
and i wouldn't trust any thing out of MBA. they market a fork down cause it felt harsh with the lockout on.
and if you open up a set of fox forks they are rather simple and the only oddish tool that i needed to work on the was a thin bladed 14mm open ended spanner.[/b] |
yeah your right about MBA..they review my bike recently and dissed the rims as one caved in on them...saying they were rubbish...i' ve thrashed mine and still doing strong..they just had a badly built wheel. 
yeah Fox make great forks...it was worth the banter.. 
nice call about Speights...apparently in Hamilton they just re-label the stuff and call it Waikato.
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mitch7
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| Posted: Wed 29/Oct/08 6:54am Post subject: |
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huh?????? different lowers, stanctions, crown, steerer,
same loverly feel tho aye
and i'm with ben b just ride them suckers. i run marzocchi's on my park bike and a fox shock on the back of my enduro[/quote]
true..never ridden Marzos(nice?)...except some real cheapies on my old Kona...I have Fox in the rear too..RP23...mind you those Rocos look pretty hot.
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