[Closed] Rigid evangelists? Indulge me...

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very light, very quick, back on boingy forks at the moment as everything else is rigid and it's nice to have a mix

Just got a set of rdo 15mm niners. You wouldn't believe how stiff n light they truly astound me and that,s only holding them 😛

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Not blinged particularly (the niner bars are nice), but I did manage under 20lbs build, it was too scarey tho, was getting pinged off everything.

Keep em coming, liking the carbon forks... Tempting! 😛

Here's my more modest affair, covered in Kinver sand/mud after a ride...

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mboy, get a 29er in the front with a big tyre on it! 69ers are ace. I have a spare front 29er wheel kicking about and some big rubber you can borrow to try if you fancy it

here's mine - every ride with a grin on my face:
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tazzy, cheers for the offer, I'd like to try it actually. Though I'm worried it might chopper the front out a touch, unless I compensated with a shorter a/c fork. Where am yow, I forget?

midlands matey

Still in the process of building up 🙂

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Hardly ever ride with suspension these days, and not on the Malverns for years.

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Only been fitted a few rides ago, took all of 10 minutes to adapt and I'm liking the rigid fork so far...

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Built this very recently, 1st rigid fork bike, 1st 29er and 1st singlespeed too.. lovin it.

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another one of my stiff frontages

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Every ride a pleasure.
Now got Conti 2.4 up front (On One special) and a Brooks B17 Titanium.
Much comfort.

Gone back to rigid on my Curtis (Salsa Cromotos after reading very good reviews). Done a couple of rides on it and its ace. Not got any pics yet unfortunately...

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It's a bit of a love hate relationship

Postie, starting to look very nice mate!

tazzy, yeah I remembered midlands, whereabouts was it though? Gotta go from Worcs to Nottingham on Wednesday, do I pass you or not? Will have to go to Stourbridge/Merry Hell some point next week too... Or you further up than that?

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20 years old next year, and still going strong. My first MTB, still getting used regularly.

I haven't any pictures, but I recently put the X-Lite carbon 15mm Maxle 29er forks on my TransAM. They're amazing and sort the geometry out perfectly.

Only problem with them is that they're so light the rest of the bike now feels heavy and One One are doing the Whippet at £250 and it's 3.5lbs lighter than the TransAM, you can see where this is heading......

mboy I'm stafford way but all over the place next week so may be able to catch you en route for a coffee and throw a big hoop at you

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my commuter

Haze, what fork is that on the Simple?

it's ok, worked out they're eXotics

ah go on then..

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Just seen those x lites, wowsers, crackin vfm!!!

My Niner. Tried a few rigid forks but steel feels better. (To me).

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69er
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Oh go on then, if you insist...

Freshly built:

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First ride:

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Sovereign 69er. Miles with smiles 😀
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*recognises Basil's knocking shop : )

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My old Trailstar, I haven't tried the Kona rigid yet but these photos are inspiring so may have a pop soon.

Wearing it's road wheels

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I've (only) ridden on suspension twice in the last 30 months, and didn't really get on with it ...

[Not that you can tell from this shot, but] My Swift has Salsa Enabler's (so 135mm OLN at front and rear), and it's fantastic, so much so, that any other suitable builds/rebuilds upstream of here are also going to have 135mm F & R ...

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ivan, personally I think the chain was a step too far but otherwise phwoar.

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Cheers D0NK, now with bar-ends and more red though I'm afraid!

Nimble 9
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Jones
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Mrs. Clink's Scandal
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Have a look at this thread too
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This thread has got me right tempted to lose the front shocks.

that's an ace link from Clink.. 😀

If you were getting carbon forks for a 29'er, what would you get?

Also will it be fine with a crest rim?

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another pic of the big blue jones in the peak, just cos it's a nice pic and makes me want to ride lots

If you were getting carbon forks for a 29'er, what would you get?

Also will it be fine with a crest rim?

the niner carbons are ace and don't have a weight limit now. On a budget?, then the exotics are good. On-one carbons are ok but a wee bit harsh compared to some. All will be fine with a crest rim, if you're worried, put a slightly bigger, burlier tyre on the front and drop the pressure a bit.

Out of interest taz, what tyres did you run on the f/r of blue Jones/are running on r of spaceframe? I feel like experimenting!

Mr Clink, on the Jones (plural)
Front normal on a P35 rim I've run:
2.35 nics
2.4 ralphs
wtd dissent 2.55 at 8 psi tubeless

Front Fat:
Vee rubber devistater 4" (really good in rock, wee bit heavy)
surly larry ('kin shite in anything approaching mud)
surly nates (best tyre ever!)
Sulry nate ultralight folding (even better as it's lighter)

Rears on both:
2.4 Ralps
2.35 nics
2.25 rocket rons.
Ardents

Best set up for me for humping over rocks in the peak, but still hooning around woods seems to be light nate on the front at 7.5 PSI on a 50mm rim with a 2.4 ralph or nic on the back. Would use a hans on teh rear, but man they're heavy!

For winter will have a dissent on a flow at the back a Looooow pressure tubeless for a sort of 3/4 fat as they are massive 29er rubber on a wide rim.

Hey tazzy, how do you get on with the DH?
Ss dropouts not available for it but a doofer.
Was looking at an air 9 c with £500 off in my size/colour but chose the DH due to a) looks b) geo c) price point d) always wanted a planet x
Will be running 1x9 rigid 15mm niner to begin with then SS in future.
Looks like your diddy DH got the pimp treatment like mine will.
If snoop dog had one, it would be just like mine will be! 😛

the dirty harry belongs to a mate who is little weight weenie race whippet, comes in about 17lb for the complete bike, but he's used a WI eccentric hub for the SS chain tension which isn't the lightest. He loves it and goes like a (very fast thing) when racing on it.

Cheers taz. Currently running Pacestar Hans Dampf on front and 2.4 Ardent in rear. Work well but, as you know, tad heavy. Can you get RR with snakeskin in 2.4?

I've got the 2.4 evo pacestar, has been fine so far... Have you looked at the conti X king 2.4's? meant to be very good as well

rOcKeTdOg - I like the look of that rear mudguard on the Voodoo. Is it home made?

If you were getting carbon forks for a 29'er, what would you get?

Also will it be fine with a crest rim?

Do it Steve! you know it makes sense, just don`t fall sideways and bend your steerer tube!

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My rigid Swift at SITS last week. Those without rigid forks were wishing they had one, although the course didn't really require any suspension even when it was dry.

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finnegan - Member

rOcKeTdOg - I like the look of that rear mudguard on the Voodoo. Is it home made?

nope it's a MkI rear crud guard

Usually a 2.4 ardent on the front but a 2.25 advantage in this pic

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jumps better than anything with suspension that I've ridden 🙂

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Although I'm no evangelist. I rode my Giant Glory today....

Handjob is now rigid (Exotic carbon forks) but no pics before the wheels were nicked for the Stiffee and I haven't built their replacements yet.

Must be a bit kinky as I was using a 2.0 Spesh Fast Track up front. A reel joy to ride.

where can I get a set of forks that won't screw up the geo on my 456? 29er forks?

Tazz.

Nice to see a pic of the old blue monkey still getting out and about.

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What forks are they?

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Pace 29er

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SS Shep, were you at SITS? I think my mate and I were standing behind you at the pre-race briefing, admiring your Pace (we were both rigid SS 29er niche-mongers too).

No Dyffers wasn't me I'm afraid.

Some more rigids from me:

Half Fat Pace
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Kona that didn't fit
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Monster cross
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Regular Swift
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Nice to see a pic of the old blue monkey still getting out and about.

My mate loves it, the only way he'll abandon it, would be if it broke, or was prised out of his cold dead fingers! 😀

tazzymtb, where in the Peak was that piccy taken?

Ta

thedon...Niner steel ones.

Thanks.

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Far too much fun for a rigid

Ah ah ah, AHHHH!
:o:)

Late to the thread as usual.... my Global Th1.5 with eXotic fork. I sold my Rebas about 3 months ago. Only notice the lack of boing on big hits like steps and kerbs.

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Another late post...

1x1

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KM

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GF

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passtherizla - Member

where can I get a set of forks that won't screw up the geo on my 456? 29er forks?

Depends what you mean by 'screw up'. I would have thought a fork with an a-c of 465mm would suit a 456. Exotic, Salsa, On-One, Kona to name a few all do forks of this size.

Some decidedly non-pimpy bikes, I'll try to redress the balance...

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Crap photo, ace bike.