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wow that looks complex, and thats a lot of pivot bearings to replace every 12 months

Nice interview with Karl Nicolai on pinkbike the other day. I liked a lot of what he said.
Made me want to buy a Nicolai frame in the future.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/from-the-top-karl-nicolai-on-gearboxes-geometry-and-how-his-company-found-its-niche.html

I'd just read that this morning, which is where I took the photo from :-)

A Nicolai is certainly at the top of my 'full-sus want' list

Now, how to convince @Dammit that he needs one...

A Nicolai is certainly at the top of my 'full-sus want' list

The XXL option being one of several reasons

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I would do some completely ignorant and juvenile things to get my hands on one of these which coincidently is the appropriate behaviour one should have when riding one. Win/win situation.

Brutal. Love the inverted shocks.

Nothing like enough travel. Isn't that an XC fork?

It's a Marzocchi RAC carbon fork from 2000. Very cool but ridiculously expensive, in a time when sus forks were relatively cheap

Deserves to be in here on its own

Ah the mono crown inverted.

So many have tried. So many have failed.

It all depends on what you ride really. Imperials are such versatile frames and you can set 'em up with rigid all the way up to an 8" DC forks, some people even go bigger than that.
The 3 different drop out configurations give you three different chainstay lengths, so you can change the geometry, slacken it up and chose forks with different amount of travel depending on what you're riding. Awesome frames and the two split top tubes are fire.

Actually lol'ed (:

Continuing on the note of overbuild bad-ass rigid frames here's a couple of Morphines which can also be set up in a variety of ways

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strong early 00s pinkbike/JIB vibes coming through here

They go for stupid money now which totally puts me off, should have bought one years ago when they were selling second hand for fuck all.

Oh yeah, best vibes out there!

Here's your chance to get rid of all that cash that's burning a hole in your pocket

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-MARZOCCHI-RAC-Vintage-Inverted-FORK-Shiver-Sc-Manitou-Dorado-Maverick/233233658202?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

It goes in waves, everything is going for mad prices nowadays. Quarantine, fear, too much screen time, greed, sentimentality and the chase of youth...it adds up. Prices will eventually go down again but I highly doubt that some will be able to recap what they've spent.

Wow... four different forks in one!

Mint condition Very Good global condition

I could sell a lefty £23k good pwice now barely use NOS

Cosmic condition?

The ad starts off with 'RARE' which is pretty indicative of what's to follow

Dbl post. Here's a bike instead