Originally Posted by
fishboat
I was hoping for an end-run to get there..if I picked up a Stumpy M2 without a fork I could then pick up a ratty, but sound, donor Rockhopper or Hardrock-Ultra to get the fork. No such luck.
In the short term, if I wanted to obtain a no-fork Stumpy frame and build it up, there appears to be a couple fork options with Carver and Soma (and a number of others, but these two seem the most viable). Longer term is to track down an original fork, one way or another, or pick up a frame-fork set..
BF historical posts are a big help in figuring things out.
26 inch Rigid fork: Soma vs. Carver
The Soma looks nice, though this leads into the "how much does A to C variation impact handling?" question..which I'm researching now.
On a slightly different topic,
Does anyone have any thoughts on:
In the 1991-1996 range, were suspended fork Stumpy frames any different than the rigid-fork frames or did they just mount a suspended fork on the same frame as the rigid bikes? They had fairly short travel suspended forks back then.
Great info folks..much appreciated.
M2 were Al/metal matrix and possibly all were 1-1/8"?.
I'd start with identifying the year of the frame and then figuring our the fork it came with and deriving the A-C from that. Some years, it appears that Special Ed did use nicer forks on all their bikes. This is from 91; all triple butted. But they're all likely 1" except for the M2, and with very short A-C
