Lightweight Retro suspension fork?

[Chickenball]

How bout not going with a suspension fork!? Try the Softride stem. I rock it! Although some members think its a "death trap"! It takes a while to get used to but it all depends on what you want to accomplish! Plus you can go with a Bontrager fork, Syncros fork, or Tange Switchblade. Thats if you can find them!

 

[FluffyChicken]

How bout not going with a suspension fork!? Try the Softride stem. I rock it! Although some members think its a "death trap"! It takes a while to get used to but it all depends on what you want to accomplish! Plus you can go with a Bontrager fork, Syncros fork, or Tange Switchblade. Thats if you can find them!

Neither of thoose 3 forks are light for a rigid fork.

 

[dyna-ti]

What does the AMP fork weigh ?

Naff all
I think my F4 was 2 3/4lbs and im pretty sure the F2,3's were lighter
They track better than other lightweights due to their engineering

 

[old_coyote_pedaller]

At the MacRetro ride at Pitlochry there were a few sub 20lbs bikes.
OK they didn't have suspension forks but they might give you some ideas.
Page with weights here,
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... &start=105
Some of the builds to get the weights were very impressive.

Look further back in thread for pics.

My Coyote weighed 22.91lbs, it has Manitou 3's, early Middleburns, USE suspension post, Hope Ti-Glide wheelset, Hope stem, bar-ends, riser bars. There's potential to lose some weight with a Flite saddle, no suspension seat-post, no bar-ends and lighter bars. But for me that would be sacrificing weight for a less comfortable bike.

 

[The Ken]

Lightest fork I remember from then was the '94 Specialized Futureshock - a carbon/ti version of the Mag21 (same internals) it was only 1200g IIRC

Edit.... 1994 Specialized FSX Carbon/Titanium: 1193g (2lb 10 oz)

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

Frame arrived today


Pics tomorrow.

 

[Chickenball]

How bout not going with a suspension fork!? Try the Softride stem. I rock it! Although some members think its a "death trap"! It takes a while to get used to but it all depends on what you want to accomplish! Plus you can go with a Bontrager fork, Syncros fork, or Tange Switchblade. Thats if you can find them!

Neither of thoose 3 forks are light for a rigid fork.

So true....but coolness factor!!!

 

[stevec1975]

If you don't mind being labelled a non-purist, you can easily get the build down to around 20 Ibs, or quite a bit under if you go rigid with fat (modern) tires and still keep 90% of products within the 93/95 year range.

If you do go suspension, the AMP is the best bet by far, the others will be too noodly to ride!

Obviously this will cost you and you will need to get obsessed about the weight of every single component!

Check out my Litespeed in my sig, where I did get obsessed!

 

[zigzag]

If you don't mind being labelled a non-purist, you can easily get the build down to around 20 Ibs, or quite a bit under if you go rigid with fat (modern) tires and still keep 90% of products within the 93/95 year range.

Go for Maxxis Flyweight Inner tubes (87g each) - I've found them to be a lot tougher than they look, no punctures out on the trail yet and I'm not the lightest of riders.

And you can still keep it reasonably period, eg. IRC Mythos XC (Front) weighs in at 491g, which is still a pretty impressive weight today.

 

[FluffyChicken]

If you don't mind being labelled a non-purist, you can easily get the build down to around 20 Ibs, or quite a bit under if you go rigid with fat (modern) tires and still keep 90% of products within the 93/95 year range.

Go for Maxxis Flyweight Inner tubes (87g each) - I've found them to be a lot tougher than they look, no punctures out on the trail yet and I'm not the lightest of riders.

And you can still keep it reasonably period, eg. IRC Mythos XC (Front) weighs in at 491g, which is still a pretty impressive weight today.

where as I had 4 punctures in one inner tube in one ride and 3 in the other

They don't clamp around a thorn like slightly thicker inner tubes do.