Mountain Biking - What Model of Fork is This?

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CharleyGnarly
01-25-12, 09:45 AM
I have this fork on a '95 or '96 Gary Fisher Mamba. They came with the bike way back when. Can anyone tell me which model this is?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/onaway/photobucket-6887-1327471167085.jpg
Stealthammer
01-25-12, 12:53 PM
Looks like a Quadra 21 to me.....
Bikepedia states the '96 Mamba came with a Quadra 5. Here's aservice manual if ya want it: http://www.judethomas.com/quadra96.pdf
More info:
http://mombat.org/95Quadra5.jpg
http://mombat.org/95Quadra21.jpg
. . . from here: http://mombat.org/Rock_Shox.htm
igotfatlaces
01-25-12, 02:04 PM
Evidently the leg color is "neon gray"... i am 99% sure thats not an actual color.
Stealthammer
01-25-12, 02:37 PM
The Quarda 21s came in both "neon grey" and yellow, but the caps on each of these fork legs look more like the Q21s to me. I remember the Quadra 5s as having caps more flush with the top of the crown. Either way though, they are extremely lowend.
CharleyGnarly
01-25-12, 05:55 PM
That is interesting. The above brochure lists the steerer as 1" and mine is 1 1/8." Did they make two types?
LesterOfPuppets
01-26-12, 09:10 AM
They just mention that 1" x 160mm was the steerer on the fork they weighed. It definitely came in 1 1/8" also.
jimc101
01-27-12, 04:43 PM
The Quarda 21s came in both "neon grey" and yellow, but the caps on each of these fork legs look more like the Q21s to me. I remember the Quadra 5s as having caps more flush with the top of the crown. Either way though, they are extremely lowend.
The Quarda 21 was 'neon grey', the 21R was yellow, and both were set up from the 5, all would be totally outclassed by even the cheapest forks available today, and spares for the old Quadra series are just about non-existant.
Dilberto
02-12-12, 03:45 PM
Replace that craptastic Quadra with an NOS Rock Shox Judy XC....
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