which suspension fork??

[ben@slctrials.com]

want to see what everyone's experiences are with suspension forks for street/trials.

looking for some recommendations, what brand/model? did a little research, it seems like its hard for riders like us to find a suitable fork, unless your name is ryan leech.

i want to keep it under/around 4 lbs, and around 3-4 inches of travel. so far the rock shox revelation, and reba looks pretty good.

opinions?

Thanks

[tybikes]

im actually trying to decide between a revelation and a reba myself. Both can be reduced to 85mm of travel, which is just about right in my book. RS has made some improvements in recent years in terms of strength/rigidity of their forks, so I think either would be fine.

[firewrx612]

Not sure if this helps, but I have a Reba on my 29er and I like it a lot. It's very plush and extremely adjustable.

[ben@slctrials.com]

the revelation is only adjustable down to 100mm right?

i would go for the reba, but worry about reliability, and plush isn't as important as the ability to get it really stiff.

[Juhan]

maybe you should look at something from marzocchi with ETA adjustment - that means that you can have whatever travel that your fork has, 100mm or so and when you push the ETA button on the fork the fork goes down to about ~30mm of stiff travel. so when you're doing urban or riding around on your bike then the 100mm is perfect, but when doing trials then 30mm is just perfect - you still have suspension and it saves your hands, but the front end is nice and low like a real trials bike.

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[tybikes]

Well, according to RS it should only be reduced by 15mm (one clip). You can put in extra clips to reduce it further without a problem. Lenosky has his revelation at 85mm and says its great. QBP also says that they can reduce the travel that low as well, so it is possible.

In reality, the Reba and Revelation are incredibly similar. Reba weighs 3.5, Revelation is 3.8-4.0. I think its just a little shaved weight here and there.

Then again, I used to have a Sid on my trials bike...

[goose]

First off, the length of travel tells you very little about how the fork will feel on a trials/street bike. The axle to crown will tell you more. A new marzo 85mm will have a AtoC of 465, and my old one was 450. Big difference in feel. I remember the recon/tora was about 465mm when at 85mm, which I thought was too long. I think you can add some top out spacers to the recon/tora, and then add thicker oil, or more rebound damping to remove the effect of preload.

here's my actual trials fork experience:

a)Marzocchi air fork, dissassembed and put in spaces to make it 70mm travel. That worked well for 3 years of beginner/sport riding, and some nooby street. Marzocchi's internals are really simple, so if it's air sprung, it's usually really easy to add spacers to the top out so it shrinks to whatever size you want. my axle to crown was 440mm.

b) this year I got a 2006 fox vanilla 100R, and I bought a 2004 Red spring and some spare spacers to reduce it to around 75mm of travel. It's going to be hard to do this, as they no longer make this spring length:( Axle to crown is around 450mm. This feels great, and I no longer worry about blowing air seals, but my stock fox seals let out a bit of oil every ride.

[mekanic305]

Friend of mine uses a rock shox Pike, which maybe the same as that other one mentioned, not sure. He loves it, rides more street than trials but great reguardless.

[Patrick]

goto Ryanleech.com and look under FAQ's.. There is a section where he tells you how to modify Marzocchi oil coil forks for trials. I would buy a used one and follow his directions