Pure or Urban?

[ChrisB]

I was just woundering what fork would you use the Echo pure or Echo urban i'm riding a BT 5.0 (100 mm head tube length) Any help would be great

[seandom]

urban

[hello?]

is this the chris that just snapped his fork on that last ride? the surly fork.

[ChrisB]

is this the chris that just snapped his fork on that last ride? the surly fork.
ya thats me.

[Elan]

urban

[jmkimmel]

I have a pure. It's 420, and thats too long. Go urban.

[hello?]

i have a 400mm fork on my bt. it feels great. get a fork tahts light though,your front end weighs a ton.

[bwagner]

get an F4 fork from BT, it's perfect for the frame you're riding, mine felt a little odd at first, but now I'll never go back to a super short fork again.

www.btbikes.com (http://www.btbikes.com) go there, you'll be glad you did

[ChrisB]

i have a 400mm fork on my bt. it feels great. get a fork tahts light though,your front end weighs a ton.
I am going to use a different wheel. a light one!

[Elan]

425mm? that is recoculous. to each his own :dunno:

[tomacropod]

go 400mm...urban... Keeps the head angle nice and steep, it's what I run. You'll probably want to leave the steerer long and use some spacers under the stem at first. The headtube is thuper short.

- Joel

[felix]

I'd say Pure fork, because BT frames are designed for longer forks.

[aj2four0]

i agree, i'm running a 400mm right now and hate having to use 25mm of spacers under a 105x15 stem. If i get a 420-425 i can throw them all away and increase my wb a little bit at the same time.

[tomacropod]

I say 400mm. Everyone else is wrong.

- Joel

[aj2four0]

tomac whats ur wb with ur 400mm fork?

i think my fork must have 0 rake... my wb is like barely 1065... on a bt5.0

[tomacropod]

don't know, I'll measure. Hold on. We'll see if I can do it within the edit window.

edit: it's about 1080. Not as much as I though. Bear in mind that the chainstays are a half inch shorter than say, my 1060 pure, so add that length to the top tube measurement and you have a bike that rides as if it were longer.

- Joel

[Faction Bike]

get an F4 fork from BT, it's perfect for the frame you're riding, mine felt a little odd at first, but now I'll never go back to a super short fork again.

www.btbikes.com (http://www.btbikes.com) go there, you'll be glad you did

Or just paint a pure black you'll pretty much have the same thing.......



I would recommend choosing a fork that will give you the best warranty capability. All these forks listed will snap after a while if you ride hard.