SSMTBs

You've become the Simon Cowell of this thread

Wearing tight tshirts and high waisted pants?

All t shirts are tight on hippo

Is he a singlespeeder?

I don't buy tshirts, I buy bedsheets and add arms.

@BareNecessities Getting back into that 'gnar' world against my will. What's the best bang for buck fork these days without going into Dammit levels of anal analysis?
Just need it to keep the front wheel stuck as much to the ground as possible. The new gen Bomber's seem to get the salute.

New Marzocchis are a sound choice. What sort of travel and rough budget?

This is all speculative assuming the frame gets repaired btw. 130mm and budget is..relative.

Just not sold on the new breed of hyper priced stuff on the pretence that it offers unrivalled adjustment. A grand for an extra bit of Hi/Lo adjustment seems absurd. Most will never push the mechanical capabilities of said tech; just feels like we'll get stuck in an 'adjustment = upgrade loop.

I miss old Vanilla's. What you running these days?

Modern expensive forks have a lot of adjustment which is rarely taken advantage of :-)

Standard response used to be 'just get a Reba/Revelation/Yari ( depending on level of gnar, as they were about the right level of not cheap, but without unnecessary extras

I currently have a Cane Creek Helm MK1, which was on offer when the MK2 came out. Previously I had an X-Fusion fork which worked well, considering you couldn't really adjust anything other than the rebound

The Manitou Mattoc Pro was a very good deal while it lasted

Still prefer a rigid fork most of the time, though I expect that's more a reflection of my riding

Modern expensive forks have a lot of adjustment which is rarely taken advantage of :-)

This is the same jizzm as the motorbike world for me. Offer up a vastness of options (hi/lo/fast/slow) at blinding prices, for the masses with little understanding of two wheeled dynamics.
I've barely scratched that surface with multiple motorcycles. Guess what's big these days? Active suspension. Lo and behold, FOX releases the same for bicycles.

Anyway, I digress. Mattoc and Helm look like really underrated options.

I seem to like having either no tuning options ( rigid ) or all of them

Much like gears in that respect. I like a singlespeed, or a magical box/hub containing ALL THE GEARS

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Entered Ard rock for next year, wondering if I can do it on SS

29" chak? Buy my cheap and simple manitou, it has a dial on the top which makes it go from boingy to hard. There's something on the bottom too but I never touched it. Shreds.

Oooh, which ones?

Marvel pro I wanna say?
It's a 120mm but has been converted to 140
I don't know if it needs a service but I wouldn't want more than a hundy for it

Entered Ard rock for next year, wondering if I can do it on SS

This is not the thread in which to doubt the singlespeed

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Banging. Tapered and boost?

No boost I'm afraid

Mighty keen anyway, hit me up with some pics whenever you have time fam

I seem to like having either no tuning options ( rigid ) or all of them

#purebloodsinglespeeder

Neat.

That reminds me. I have XTR cranks on the white Inbred. I could stick them on the green Inbred to make it the MOSTEST blingy Inbred and turn the other one back into the street bike it is.

Non-driveside fail?