Good price for the Z1, disregard my ? in the other thread.
I was going to recommend a Marzocchi to your original question, but that's a moot point now.
When you buy your Avid's, you can even put on a big honkin 8" rotor on that. (might be a bit of overkill for your bike). Avid's are the BEST mechanical disc, almost as good as "some" hydraulics.
An XT disc hub will work sweet, I'd recommend either a Mavic F219 if you want a burly front wheel, or their X317 for a more XC oriented wheel. A lot of people use double butted spokes, but with a disc, I just prefer a straigh guage spoke. Either way, I only recommend DT or Wheelsmith products. Also, a lot of people like brass nipples, I actually prefer aluminum ones. I'd rather thrash a couple 25 cent nipples than have a brass one pull through my $65 rim.
L8R
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