What should I do with my new bike?

[mikeyr89]

Alright, so I'm going to be building up the ZHI frame I got a few weeks back and I have some questions for yinz guys.

First, is that I need a new frok, and i was just wondering what would be good? Do you think the GU stock fork would be good? How would it compare to a Pure or Urban? Right now I'm on a control with (I think and old pure fork) I'm not looking for a big change either.

Also, I'm going to paint the frame and I thought I could ask you guys your opinions on what color? It's going to have blue parts (handlebar, rims, pedals hubs) and so I was thinking matte black (if I get that GU fork) and maybe fade to blue? Or should I do it all black, or I dunno it's up in the air, and I'm bored, so let me know what you think.

Thanks for letting me waste your time! Comments please!

[Bryan]

pitbull fork. cheap. strong. light

[va_tick]

Nice Mikey, I think either of those forks will do the trick?

As far as paint goes if the original finish is still good I would just leave it white and remove the decals, that should look nice with your parts, thats what I did with mine and it looked great.....post pics when your doneskeeez's

[bklmrkt91]

leave it white unless its really dirty. if you wanna paint it matte black sounds nice. arent all the forks not same amount of flex or something? i dunno anything about the forks so i cant help ye haha.
gl !

[uldis]

if the frame is in silver colour don't paint it and buy echo urban fork - i liked that fork very much...strong, nice ;)

[muddyfox]

About time you used those blue rims......

[Juhan]

I'm not sure, but I think the deng forks that have a cnc crown are a lot stiffer than the urbans/pures. So if you like some flex then you might look into some forks without all that cnc thingie, but if you have nothing against solidness then it should be a good choice.

[mikeyr89]

About time you used those blue rims...... I know. :wiggle: Thanks again!

The front wheel is built and at home! I should post pics next time I go home. (My first wheel I ever built!) haha and for the rear one I will have to take my current wheel apart to use my hub, so I'm going to need everything before I build that. That will probably happen this summer.

Thanks for the replies. The frame is actually black right now. The previous owner spray painted it black. It's not a terrible job, but since I have a working bike in the mean time I can take my time and repaint it. My newest idea, was matte black with blue around the bb and up a few inches on the seat tube, chainstays and downtube, then a thin (1/2 inch) white stripe before the black. Hows that sound?

[mikeyr89]

I don't know where I got that idea?

:momaru:

[Dang!]

Mikey, didn't you end up with a Koxx Forxx from me @ the Belle comp?

[va_tick]

if so use the koxx fork there Mikey, I say knock your self out on your paint scheme!!

[mikeyr89]

Mikey, didn't you end up with a Koxx Forxx from me @ the Belle comp?

No sir! I wish I did though. Maybe there were talks of it, but I enver got it? Any possibility you have it and want to give it to me? :)

[Dang!]

Maybe so-
let me see if I can wrangle it up.
It's been painted black -fyi

[mikeyr89]

:eek3danc: You're the man!