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CameronH
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 Posted: Sat 29/Nov/08 9:59pm Post subject: Best Xc Forks |
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Looking at getting some new forks for my sc superlight.Got it narrowed down to 3.
*Rockshox sid team or world cup
*Fox F100
*Marzocchi Corsa Cento
All have the 100mm travel I want.
I ride fairly hard sometimes and my current sids (80mm) just dont cut it.
Any comments would be greatly welcomed.
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psychavoc
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| Posted: Sat 29/Nov/08 10:00pm Post subject: |
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Can't go wrong with Fox I reckon  I have a pair of F100RLC forks on my Superlight 
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1bikerider1
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sid teams and world cups are pretty much the same weight except teams are WAY cheaper
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dented
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| Posted: Sat 29/Nov/08 10:35pm Post subject: |
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| 1bikerider1 wrote: | | sid teams and world cups are pretty much the same weight except teams are WAY cheaper |
Still, he does ask which are BEST. Not which are sort of comparable to the best, but cheaper.
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nostromo
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I ride a Fox and its great but had a go on a SID WC recently at the Wild Wgtn, very impressed. Especially the damping. When I was riding through rough stuff at speed, it seemed to me a little bit better than the Fox.
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Monolith
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| Posted: Sat 29/Nov/08 11:46pm Post subject: |
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IMO the 09 RS Sid is a very good XC fork.
I have it's chubby brother, the Reba SL, which works very nicely.
Personally I prefer the feel of the rockshox over the fox (Just got rid of my 08 F100), but that's just a personal preference thing.
With the sids you're better off getting the bottom model - only difference between them and the next one up is the Blackbox - meaning the damper cartridge is titanium rather than plastic, but that means it's also 25g heavier. The WC model sheds 25g cos it has carbon "Power bulges" (lulz) over the normal flavour.
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SlackBoy
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| Posted: Sun 30/Nov/08 8:40am Post subject: |
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| Monolith wrote: | IMO the 09 RS Sid is a very good XC fork.
I have it's chubby brother, the Reba SL, which works very nicely. |
Christ, seeing as the sid is already pretty heavy, that reba must weigh a tonne, a flexy tonne
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Stun
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| Posted: Sun 30/Nov/08 8:57am Post subject: |
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| SlackBoy wrote: | | Monolith wrote: | IMO the 09 RS Sid is a very good XC fork.
I have it's chubby brother, the Reba SL, which works very nicely. |
Christ, seeing as the sid is already pretty heavy, that reba must weigh a tonne, a flexy tonne |
And trust me - Slacky likes to have his front end nice and stiff! 
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95bonty
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| Posted: Sun 30/Nov/08 10:30am Post subject: |
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Magura Durin 100mm...1345g 32mm stanchions,
Fox level plushness and stiffness...had mine for a few months and really rate it.
www.puresports.co.nz
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Monolith
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| Posted: Sun 30/Nov/08 10:55am Post subject: |
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| 95bonty wrote: | Magura Durin 100mm...1345g 32mm stanchions,
Fox level plushness and stiffness...had mine for a few months and really rate it.
www.puresports.co.nz |
Wow, you must have a very short steerer to have saved over 100g from a stock fork
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radical_edward
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| Posted: Sun 30/Nov/08 11:03am Post subject: |
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| psychavoc wrote: | | Can't go wrong with Fox I reckon I have a pair of F100RLC forks on my Superlight |
When you see the same fork being ridden in world cup XC and 4x, you know they are doing something right...
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specializedman
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Rockshox sids!
I ride a reba and really enjoy the ride of it, its perfect for the race and general fast riding that I do.
I don't like any of the fox forks I have ridden, they lack the precise feel of the Rockshox forks.
The rockshox will be a great fork for a race bike, As for what model to go for, that's really down to your own cost vs performance theories.
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CameronH
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| Posted: Sun 30/Nov/08 11:32am Post subject: |
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Ummm!
Thanks folks,any rider comments are helpful.
Question---How does the fox terralogic fork work?
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rory161192
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| Posted: Sun 30/Nov/08 11:33am Post subject: |
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| CameronH wrote: |
Question---How does the fox terralogic fork work? |
like tihs.
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specializedman
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| Posted: Sun 30/Nov/08 12:01pm Post subject: |
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| rory161192 wrote: | | CameronH wrote: |
Question---How does the fox terralogic fork work? |
like tihs. |
Well said!
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