Question on fork options for 100mm sus corrected frame

[PanoIgano]

Hi everyone,

I am warming up on the idea of getting a 97' hardtail frrame (for V-Brakes) that is speced for 100mm suspension forks.

If I want to go rigid and use a fork that has the correct axle to crown measurements (I believe that's 482mm for most 100mm sus forks) what are my options?

I would imagine most of the non-sus fork that are suspension corrected with an 482mm of axle to crown are made for disks?

Thanks for guiding me through my options (if any).

Regards,
Panos

 

[Splatter Paint]

A good place to start:

https://www.mtbr.com/threads/forks-...s-library.470024/?nested_view=1&sortby=oldest

So take a Fox F100 at 470mm, allow 20mm static sag, gets you to 450mm a/c. There are many 26” wheel forks around at 440 a/c. Finding a v-brake one will be a little trickier.

 

[PanoIgano]

Thanks a lot!

In fact I was counting on a Fox F100 and their 470mm the a-c measurement to go cause this is the one sus fork used the most with the frame in mind (its a MOOTS YBB btw). Also, I wasn't factoing in static sag. That's good to know.

Unfortunately, P2s don't have more than 430mm a-c. So these are out of the question.

 

[joglo]

What kind of bike or frame is this and what was the original suspension fork?
1997 it was pretty uncommon to have a 100mm suspension fork as we typically had RS Judy and other forks with 60 or 80mm travel at max, exepct some DH double crown forks. Just the introduction of the Z1 Bomber was lifting the bar to 100mm.

 

[Splatter Paint]

^^ good point

 

[PanoIgano]

So I am warming up on the idea of a Moots YBB and even though the frame has a bit of suspension as you know, I don’t fancy a front one.

Still though I was looking at my options yesterday and don’t see anything in terms of a rigid fork with axle to crown big enough to replace a suspension one.
Only Surly comes close and Soma a bit too but that’s about it.