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I can't take the credit for the build, I picked it up off eBay a few days ago from a guy who'd spent a lot of time and money getting it to the stage it's at.
Agreed about the forks, they're lovely, but could do with some air in them - which I've read is a finicky thing to do as you can easily over pressurise them and blow a valve. Seen a couple of 1" rigid forks on eBay for really cheap, so it might be worth trying them out for fun.Thanks for your advice on the rack, I wasn't aware you could buy them for suspension forks in the first place. In general id rather avoid rear panniers, and was originally looking at wald racks for the front so I could use my backpack as a front bag and fasten it down with some netting, but a rack that can run panniers does open up the possibilities for heavier touring in the future. The main concern I have with the front forks is their strength, they are definitely 1", and the forks (albeit underpressurised) aren't the stiffest, so I don't wand to overburden the front end with too much weight.
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That's a really lovely build.
I'd be surprised if the headtube isn't 1 1/8", so make sure to measure up. AFAIK that Z2 Superfly fork is a great bit of kit and at ~1400g is hardly a boat anchor, so I'd personally keep it on.
I'd be inclined to get a Blackburn Outpost front rack, which will attach to either suspension or rigid forks (because I'm addicted to front loading and find it much easier to manage front panniers off-road), or a lightweight rear rack/saddleback and then a bunch of bikepacking bags, some decent, fast, all-terrain tyres like Thunder Burts or Fast Traks, a shorter stem, and go head off into the hills.