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Hulsroy

I am thinking about making a 29er hardtail MTB frame where I can swap between rigid forks for heavy off road touring and suspension forks for single track.
Trying to figure out the geometry I need to settle on a suspension fork. What is the value for money tapered suspension fork these days? And what kind of travel am I looking for?

Currently I am riding a Inbred 29er with Rock Shox Reba 100mm travel and 490mm a-c Salsa Firestarter forks.

But as you can see I need a larger frame

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Howard in reply to @Hulsroy

What is the value for money tapered suspension fork these days?

You can do a lot worse than a Reba. 120mm is probably the most you’d want on a 29er Hardtail.

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Hulsroy in reply to @Howard

Thanks.
I am going to sell the forks and Inbred as soon as I have build a new frame and use that to pay for forks.
The Reba are 1 1/8" straight steerer.

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