[Herm99]

which fork would you go for? I can get them about the same price...specs...

RS Recon 351 coil U turn FRK 08
* Adjustable travel from 85-130mm via U-TURN spring
* External rebound adjustment
* No PopLoc remote
* Motion Control damping
* claimed 4.5 lbs
* 185mm steel steer tube
* Accepts 51mm IS Disc brake (rim brakes cannot be used)

OR.....


Marzocchi 55 R (08)
# 140mm Travel
# Rebound
# Air PL
# One side Coil
# Alloy Steer Tube
# 35mm Aluminum Stanchions
# 6” Post Mount (Max Disc 8”)
# New 20mm QR Axle
# Weight(claimed): 6.04 lbs.
# 3 Year Manufacture Warranty

What do you say?

 

[DRAKETHOMAS]

Rock shox makes nice stuff, but zocchi is nice as well, good luck with the choice.

 

[farmboybunk]

DRAKETHOMAS,

How the H E Double HOCKEY STICKS do you have 4,294,967,295 posts !?

 

[MTBJong]

Do you want a light fork with lots of features or do you want a stiff beefy fork that will be simpler to use and tune?

 

[Herm99]

hmm good point. Also, one of these is already has the steerer cut to 185mm, how do i find out what length my bike needs? Is there an easy measurement?

 

[cikman22jp]

which fork would you go for? I can get them about the same price...specs...

RS Recon 351 coil U turn FRK 08
* Adjustable travel from 85-130mm via U-TURN spring

OR.....

Marzocchi 55 R (08)
# 140mm Travel

What do you say?

I think marzocchi 55R got 160mm travel coz i got on my FR bike. the weight is 2.8kg and its not light for XC/AM bike . . . but i'm now gonna purchase the RECON 351 for my AM bike, the reason is this category just need much more lighter fork.. for me myself AM fork must be less than 2kgs. cheers!

 

[bad mechanic]

The Recon because it has a much better damping system. The Zoke's going to spike badly over fast, high speed hits. The Recon's Motion Control damping will keep that from happening, and you'll be able to go faster.

 

[DRAKETHOMAS]

Practice, you too may one day be me................lol

 

[cikman22jp]

55R work good for me... p/s don't forget to apply some oil to stanchion before ride, and cleaning the stanchion after....