29er MTB forks

[blueovercream]

I've decided I'd like a 29er hardtail mountain bike. Looking at used Cotic, Stanton, On One etc.

I've found one I really like but it's got rigid forks and it looks like it's on QR skewers. I've sort of ruled it out on the grounds that to fit suspension forks would also require a new front hub for a bolt-through axle. The bike is only £600-ish so the cost of doing that looks a bit silly. I'm struggling to find any 29" 100-120mm travel forks that take QR skewers.

Any suggestions?

[sjg]

Manitou Markhor is available in just about every wheel size, steerer and dropout option. When it launched a couple of years ago they touted it as being the fork to upgrade old bikes with.

Else just keep an eye on ebay and the like for an older Rockshox Reba, SID or similar.

[gazza285]

You could just ride it as a rigid. Two of mine are fully rigid, I probably ride them more than my hardtail. One doesn’t have gears either.

[CHARLESBERG]

I had a similar issue on my Epic- it was a tapered head tube 100mm QR Rock Shox Reba that unfortunately got written off. I ended up ordering a set of Rock Shox Recon from bike24.de- might be worth a look.

[lufbramatt]

+1 give it a go rigid and see how you get on. I have a 26" rigid MTB and a CX bike and love riding them off road. Bike feels so much more responsive and they don't dive under braking. Would rather have a rigid fork than a flexy, poorly damped, heavy suspension fork.

[sjg]

These would be a decent option https://www.wiggle.co.uk/rockshox-reba-rl-9mmqr-fo...

[blueovercream]

I had wondered about sticking with the rigid option but on a recent bikepacking trip on a borrowed bike, I remember being very glad to have the front suspension.

I like the look of the Manitou forks.

Looks like those Rebas maybe just have a straight steerer? I guess would be unusual nowadays.

[jackthelad1984]

You dont necessarily need to fit forks with a tapered steerer tube, you can still fit a straight steerer into a tapered headtube with a crown race reducer. Quite a few lower spec bikes with tapered headtubes come with straight steerer forks. Two of my friends went to change forks recently and both had straight steerers in tapered head tubes.