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New 35mm SIDs if you're set on 120mm max travel. Stiffer and lighter than Fox 34s, Torque Cap compatible too.
Droppers are the best thing about modern MTBing!
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Droppers are the best thing about modern MTBing!
No, wide, low-pressure tyres followed by disc brakes are the best thing about modern MTBing.
Then, I'd go with larges cassettes/low gears and then I'd go with suspension forks and maybe after all that I'd add droppers into the mix.
20 years ago I was riding a 26" rigid steel singlespeed with cutdown bars, vee brakes and a 2.3"(?) Tioga DH tyre up front for "suspension".
Modern bikes are like a smartphone vs. Nokia compared to what I used to ride.
SID "on par with the Fox 34 Step Cast, yet the SID is 150g lighter"
https://www.mbr.co.uk/reviews/forks/rockshox-sid-ultimate-review
hippy
If I do end up doing dirt ultras I might get myself a rigid fork. But I'd probably want to be competitive before bothering with that and I'm pretty sure I won't be competitive. It's like, I didn't buy the Shiv until I came second in a Nat Champs, then it was like... moneygun!
Speaking of forks, if I get the frame, which fork do I go for? I should take this to the other thread.