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This topic is an offshoot of my other post about how to communicate requirements to a frame builder.
One of my unsuccessful custom's little idiosyncracies is that it was built around a
"suspension-compatible" rigid fork.
I took that to mean that the rigid fork could be swapped out for a sus fork without altering the
geometry of the frame too much.
But when I lay the Manitou Black 3" travel fork I'm using up against a (standard?) rigid fork, the
Maintou is an easy inch longer - maybe more.
I don't think that preload is enough to make them the same because the bike is really, really
twitchey with the Manitou fork on it. I don't have a rigid fork, so cannot compare.
SO - bottom line question: Is there any kind of standardization in the MTB fork world or am
I dreaming?
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PeteCresswell
One of my unsuccessful custom's little idiosyncracies is that it was built around a
"suspension-compatible" rigid fork.
I took that to mean that the rigid fork could be swapped out for a sus fork without altering the
geometry of the frame too much.
But when I lay the Manitou Black 3" travel fork I'm using up against a (standard?) rigid fork, the
Maintou is an easy inch longer - maybe more.
I don't think that preload is enough to make them the same because the bike is really, really
twitchey with the Manitou fork on it. I don't have a rigid fork, so cannot compare.
SO - bottom line question: Is there any kind of standardization in the MTB fork world or am
I dreaming?
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PeteCresswell