Discussion
P-Jay said:
As far as I can tell (Rockshox sell a lot of variants so it's hard to keep up sometimes) the Sektor Gold forks have the old turnkey damper - old tech and not great when it was new, the Revs have the motion control which is pretty much current, much better and you can play about with the bottomless tokens if you want to really fine tune them - the latest Revs are pretty much mini-Pike which are arguably the best forks you can get today.
I'm not sure if I'd bin a set of Sektors and spend £400 or whatever on a new set of Revs, but £100 is a non-brainer IMHO.
We are veering way off topic now.I'm not sure if I'd bin a set of Sektors and spend £400 or whatever on a new set of Revs, but £100 is a non-brainer IMHO.
According to Rockshox they have a turnkey lockout, but motion control damper, so whilst there will be an improvement, I'm not sure it needs the extra spending unless you really fancy one. Likewise the Rev is not a mini-Pike it just looks like one, but is really more of an updated old Rev with a chassis and internals which borrow nothing from the Pike and the Pike isn't the best fork you can buy, the Mattoc, Deville and 36 are all better.
If this post seems grumpy, it's mainly because my Pikes are in for warranty.
Back on Topic, has the OP considered the new Bird Zero TR?
http://shop.birdmtb.com/featured/zero-tr3.html
All Inbreds must be SS it's the law. S10 I've a cross/gravel bike too and the 29er is sufficiently different even in rigid guise. For my riding (XC and forest singletrack, sounds similar) there's more crossover between my ss and other mtb. Makes sense for a road rider imo, every ride's a workout 
A few people I know run a fork in the summer (when the ground's hard packed) and rigid in the winter (save mechanical woes) and of course fattest tyres you can fit run tubeless and silly low pressures.
A few people I know run a fork in the summer (when the ground's hard packed) and rigid in the winter (save mechanical woes) and of course fattest tyres you can fit run tubeless and silly low pressures.
richardxjr said:
All Inbreds must be SS it's the law. S10 I've a cross/gravel bike too and the 29er is sufficiently different even in rigid guise. For my riding (XC and forest singletrack, sounds similar) there's more crossover between my ss and other mtb. Makes sense for a road rider imo, every ride's a workout
A few people I know run a fork in the summer (when the ground's hard packed) and rigid in the winter (save mechanical woes) and of course fattest tyres you can fit run tubeless and silly low pressures.
A few people I know run a fork in the summer (when the ground's hard packed) and rigid in the winter (save mechanical woes) and of course fattest tyres you can fit run tubeless and silly low pressures.
I can't see any reason why that wouldn't be fun!
Having said that, are you going to use that much travel?
I've got a steel HT with 85-110mm Reba SL forks. I might not be as fast as I am on my 150mm full susser, but I've yet to find anywhere I can ride with the full susser that I can't also ride with the hardtail.
Having said that, are you going to use that much travel?
I've got a steel HT with 85-110mm Reba SL forks. I might not be as fast as I am on my 150mm full susser, but I've yet to find anywhere I can ride with the full susser that I can't also ride with the hardtail.
paulrockliffe said:
This. That frame will feel rubbish with short forks on it. Hard tails are perfectly capable of riding the same places as full sus bikes, my 456 has ridden top to bottom on Old Man of Coniston for example.
And of course you pushed up and ran back down dragging your bike as there are no bridleways up there... 😉chrisga said:
paulrockliffe said:
This. That frame will feel rubbish with short forks on it. Hard tails are perfectly capable of riding the same places as full sus bikes, my 456 has ridden top to bottom on Old Man of Coniston for example.
And of course you pushed up and ran back down dragging your bike as there are no bridleways up there... ??chrisga said:
paulrockliffe said:
This. That frame will feel rubbish with short forks on it. Hard tails are perfectly capable of riding the same places as full sus bikes, my 456 has ridden top to bottom on Old Man of Coniston for example.
And of course you pushed up and ran back down dragging your bike as there are no bridleways up there... ??Does anyone know what the implications of these paths are? Obviously we're not allowed to ride bikes on official footpaths, but as that's not an official footpath, and is just called a path on the map key, what is its status?
ETA - I'll start a new thread on this to get more visibility...
Edited by Kermit power on Friday 30th October 09:21
Legally you can ride on footpaths, you just don't have a right too. Also worth noting OS say that it doesn't necessarily mean because they have marked a path as a foot path it is a foot path. Good cases in point are places like the Brecon Beacons national park some areas such as the sugar loaf for example has nothing but foot paths on an OS map however on the ground there are plenty of big wide tracks used by farm vechicles and no indication not to cycle on them and no one will ever challenge you when you do.
This has just dropped into my mailbox, 629...
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/DBCL57988/on-one-456...
Would I regret a 26?
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/DBCL57988/on-one-456...
Would I regret a 26?
sjj84 said:
I was thinking of getting an on one 456 carbon frame, anybody got any views? Everything I've read suggests they're best with long travel forks, mine are only 100mm, would it still ride OK?
I have a 26" 456 carbon and it started on 100mm recons. 
IMG_1387 by Chrisga, on FlickrIt was ok. I think it's called a 456 because they are supposed to be ok with forks of 4", 5" or 6" travel.
Then I bought some 6" forks and the steering slowed slightly but not too much and it can ride over pretty much anything now.
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