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12-27-08, 07:29 PM
It's time to replace the Answer Manitou Spyder fork on my '98 Klein Pulse Race frame. Axle to Crown on the Spyder is 420mm, travel is, as best I can tell from the internets, 70mm.
Given what I'm used to, I don't need the biggest and bestest. A2C on 100mm travel forks is usually in the 470mm range, which seems like much too much.
Closest I've found to that is a Marzocchi 2008-MARATHON CORSA SL WC with 80mm travel, A2C 444mm, but it's $450ish. Seems a tad excessive.
So - any suggestions on a reliable, user maintainable 80mm travel fork that has A2C close enough to 420mm that it won't completely flake out the geometry on my frame?
Thanks!
Given what I'm used to, I don't need the biggest and bestest. A2C on 100mm travel forks is usually in the 470mm range, which seems like much too much.
Closest I've found to that is a Marzocchi 2008-MARATHON CORSA SL WC with 80mm travel, A2C 444mm, but it's $450ish. Seems a tad excessive.
So - any suggestions on a reliable, user maintainable 80mm travel fork that has A2C close enough to 420mm that it won't completely flake out the geometry on my frame?
Thanks!