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So I've been pondering this for about 6 hours straight now, doing the usual Google surfing, MTBR.com
filtering and forum perusing. I'm hoping to upgrade my fork to something in the range of $200-250 US
or so, but the sheer number of models out there make this a difficult decision.
My bike setup is nothing impressive, but it's functional and it's all mine - a 2002 REI Novara
Ponderosa FS. The frame is similar to that of a 2001/2002 K2 Attack or Jamis Dakar, for reference.
The stock fork is a 2002 RockShox Judy C, with 80mm of glorious coil travel. I use the bike all the
time on terrain that would probably be best described as rough XC. This time of year, the riding I
do is on ski trails. Unfortunately it's been a rather mild winter with some near-freezing
temperature seesaws, so the trails are strewn with millions of nice little ice ruts, frozen skid
gouges, holes from people's feet and people's ski poles and, of course, moose.
The riding conditions lately have prompted me to consider an upgrade. Some of the forks that seem to
be in this range are (2002 or close) Marzocchi MXR's, MXC's, Dirt Jumpers, Z series, Manitou
Black's, Rock Shock Duke's, etc... I'm looking for something with 100mm of travel (geometry should
not be a problem, there are stem spacers and the saddle angle is adjustable) and v-brake bosses. I'm
reading good things about the 2002 Marzocchi MXR, but then again I'm reading fairly good things
about all of these forks. Is there any place that is having a clearance on specific 2002 forks that
might fit my bill? I think I'm going insane from reading too much, maybe I'll just put them on a
wheel, spin it and throw a dart at it. <ow, brain hurts>
Short Attention Span Version: I've got $200-250 and do mostly bumpy XC. Cold is a factor at the
moment, dunno if this is a consideration on fork type. 2002 Marzocchi MXR? 2002 Marzocchi MXC? 2001
Z4? 2001 Z3? 2003 Dirt Jumper 2? EXR? Manitou Black Comp? RS Duke? Good? Bad? Plush? Sexy? Fugly?
-Slash
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"Ebert Victorious"
- The Onion
filtering and forum perusing. I'm hoping to upgrade my fork to something in the range of $200-250 US
or so, but the sheer number of models out there make this a difficult decision.
My bike setup is nothing impressive, but it's functional and it's all mine - a 2002 REI Novara
Ponderosa FS. The frame is similar to that of a 2001/2002 K2 Attack or Jamis Dakar, for reference.
The stock fork is a 2002 RockShox Judy C, with 80mm of glorious coil travel. I use the bike all the
time on terrain that would probably be best described as rough XC. This time of year, the riding I
do is on ski trails. Unfortunately it's been a rather mild winter with some near-freezing
temperature seesaws, so the trails are strewn with millions of nice little ice ruts, frozen skid
gouges, holes from people's feet and people's ski poles and, of course, moose.
The riding conditions lately have prompted me to consider an upgrade. Some of the forks that seem to
be in this range are (2002 or close) Marzocchi MXR's, MXC's, Dirt Jumpers, Z series, Manitou
Black's, Rock Shock Duke's, etc... I'm looking for something with 100mm of travel (geometry should
not be a problem, there are stem spacers and the saddle angle is adjustable) and v-brake bosses. I'm
reading good things about the 2002 Marzocchi MXR, but then again I'm reading fairly good things
about all of these forks. Is there any place that is having a clearance on specific 2002 forks that
might fit my bill? I think I'm going insane from reading too much, maybe I'll just put them on a
wheel, spin it and throw a dart at it. <ow, brain hurts>
Short Attention Span Version: I've got $200-250 and do mostly bumpy XC. Cold is a factor at the
moment, dunno if this is a consideration on fork type. 2002 Marzocchi MXR? 2002 Marzocchi MXC? 2001
Z4? 2001 Z3? 2003 Dirt Jumper 2? EXR? Manitou Black Comp? RS Duke? Good? Bad? Plush? Sexy? Fugly?
-Slash
--
"Ebert Victorious"
- The Onion