1993 Rocky Mountain Thunderbolt

RF Ti BB and RF HS installed. loosely fit the RF Turbines on to have a look at them on the frameset. also the grey Syncros stem, black Hardcore bar, and the Amp F3XC forks.
 

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i'd like to use the Amp as it's my favourite light weight fork, but yeah unfortunately i have to agree.

so with that, two other options. first a Manitou Comp with grey lowers. Colour is alright but the fork style isn't doing it for me on this frame. :?
 

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next option… Marzocchi XC 600. and i think we have a winner. it's leaking like a mofo, so good think i picked up a rebuild kit some time ago. just never got around to doing.
 

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Out of those 3, I would go with the AMP :) Then the Manitou. I never really fancied Marzocchi forks. And I also have one of those Manitou Comp forks. They're not very sophisticated, but do the job. Maybe I'll put them on my '96 Blizzard some day.
 
i'd agree that after a proper roll-ahead rigid fork, the zokes look the biz on the Thunderbolt. in my particular case the colour of the XC 600 is spot on with the rest of the build. i found this pic on MTBR a while back while aspiring to own a Thunderbolt one day. sexy to say the least, but i'd have forgone the huge saddle pack and water bottles. :LOL:
 

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