Rigid forks on a mountain bike?

[_tc]

Hi, im looking to put some rigid forks on my girlfriends trek as she wants to shed some weight from the bike and she only rides on the road. She has Rock shox rebas at the moment and would like carbon forks. i have had a quick look online but cant see any obvious replacments. has anyone got any experience of this?

[mat205125]

What kind of budget are we talking about. Planning on going super light and carbon, or on a budget.

Fork length has to match the correct geometry for the frame.

Check out the Pace rigid fork kit for some very nice stuff.

[_tc]

Thanks, i have just been on evans cycles. they have a carbon fork for £149 by bontrager. looks like a sussy one but its light and has disc mountings. i shall point her in this direction. thank you.

[ewenm]

Good rigid forks from Pace. If it's an old bike, some Kona Project IIs are good for retro appeal.

[mat205125]

I had Kona Project II's on my old (about 15 years ago) Marin after the standard fit ones bent on a BMX track. They were absolutely bomb proof, and will be the only things to show of mankinds existence in 10,000,000,000 years time when everything else has disintegrated and turned to dust.

[_tc]

She like the look of these, thanks chaps. hope to kit the bike out in the next month or so.

[Top Trump]

On One do a nice rigid straight fork, the one that goes with the Inbred frame.

[woodies92]

How about the kinesis xmax i love my kinesis frame and this looks real nice.

www.ukbikestore.co.uk/acatalog/info_kinesis_xmax.html

[busta]

I bought some kona P2s a couple of months ago and they are pukka! Not light compared to carbon forks though, and not that visually appealing.

Rigid is definitely the way forward. Then all you need to do is get rid of the gears and then you'll have a proper bike!

[Big Ashy]

_tc said:

Hi, im looking to put some rigid forks on my girlfriends trek as she wants to shed some weight from the bike and she only rides on the road. She has Rock shox rebas at the moment and would like carbon forks. i have had a quick look online but cant see any obvious replacments. has anyone got any experience of this?

Whats happening to The Rebas? let us know if they are for sale, Ta.

[mk1fan]

Suspension corrected Project II's are the way to go. Wiggle have 'em for £45 odd.

[jezrider]

I used to love my mountain bikes about 15 years ago and stumbled upon this thread , just hearing the name Project 2 again has made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end !! good work fellas

[busta]

mk1fan said:

Suspension corrected Project II's are the way to go. Wiggle have 'em for £45 odd.

Unfortunately my P2s aren't suspension corrected jobbies so mess thing up a bit on my new On-one. Its back to suspension for now!

[philoldsmobile]

mat205125 said:

I had Kona Project II's on my old (about 15 years ago) Marin after the standard fit ones bent on a BMX track. They were absolutely bomb proof, and will be the only things to show of mankinds existence in 10,000,000,000 years time when everything else has disintegrated and turned to dust.

i thought that was leftover pizza?

[mk1fan]

busta said:

mk1fan said:

Suspension corrected Project II's are the way to go. Wiggle have 'em for £45 odd.

Unfortunately my P2s aren't suspension corrected jobbies so mess thing up a bit on my new On-one. Its back to suspension for now!

You can get suspension corrected ones though.

[url] www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5360025452 [/url]

[lord summerisle]

jezrider said:

I used to love my mountain bikes about 15 years ago and stumbled upon this thread , just hearing the name Project 2 again has made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end !! good work fellas

I know what you mean... still got a set of P2s from my '95 Kona Hahanna (1" steerer) that i use as a jig for building/truing my front wheels