Opportunity to pick up a high end carbon fork.. but my old Rockshocks tora is good
09-28-12, 10:02 PM
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Opportunity to pick up a high end carbon fork.. but my old Rockshocks tora is good
As the title says my lbs has a nice full carbon airshock that retails somewhere around $2000 new. Its one of the fox line but I didn't see which one it was. I have a oil/spring rockshocks tora on board now and I really like it. Its a bit heavier but its tough, has a lockout, and cost me waaayyyy less than the carbon would even second hand at "mates rates". I'm sure it would be a lot lighter - maybe even shaving 1kg or so off the bike, but is the performance difference worth it, and since I ride my bikes pretty hard would carbon stand up to fast on road riding and the occassional off road venture?
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I would make sure it's actually intended for your bike and that it fits properly. Generally you cannot increase the travel of your front fork by more than 10-20 mm.
10-01-12, 01:27 PM
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Regular road riding or jumping off crap and doing tricks freestyle road riding? If it is just regular road riding then I don't see much point when even the tora is way overkill. If it is freestyle then I'd get a fork meant for that type of riding.
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