Thinking of Front Suspension for '94 Kilauea

[alkingsmill]

Not 100% sure so i haven't stuck it in the 'Wanted' yet, been out today in a large group and realised i might have to give in and buy some, 4 times off the bike in 3 hours gets a bit embarrassing (not helped by wearing SPD's for the first time either).
So....are there any decent retro ones ?
Elastomers, Spring things or Air ?
Will they alter the Geometry of the bike much ?
How much travel ?

Always said i'd never buy any but i have to face it i need 'em !

I really don't want to change the Geometry and not really looking for much travel, just enough to give me a bit more control. Something nice and light, for a 18" Steel frame, 1-1/8" threaded Headset, V-Brakes & easy to service. On a tight budget so as cheap as poss.

Any advice folks ?

 

[JeRkY]

my usual answer is to go pace.

 

[alkingsmill]

my usual answer is to go pace.

New or old ?
Sorry but i know nowt about it

 

[xizang]

How about these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pace-RC35-suspens ... dZViewItem

You'll need to change the steerer though if you want threaded.

 

[alkingsmill]

They look ok to me, are they elastomers ? any idea of the amount of travel ?
Dont seem to have much luck on ebay anymore, reckon its you lot with your sniping tools that get the good stuff nowerdays :cry:

 

[xizang]

E-mail the seller and ask him to end the auction early if you give him £xxx. Or get a sniping tool yourself Travel's about 80mm I think but I'm sure someone will correct me. If you need more info such as spares,internals etc, try the pace website http://www.pace-racing.co.uk/default.asp

 

[JeRkY]

RC35's are elastomer based and offer around 50mm travel (if i recall correctly)

For your 94 model i'd go for either a RC35 or RC36. The 94 kileau is the white one yes? in which case id be tempted to go for a set of 1998 RC36 proclass with gold stanchions....they would just look super cool with the white frame.

 

[Kneedowndean]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/pace-rc36-forks_W ... dZViewItem

Jutst like these. I am using a set for my 1994 Kona Hei Hei build...

 

[Little Bob]

Anyone have any experience of how do the older Pace forks (RC 35/36) compare with their later offerings (RC 38 etc) in terms of weight and performance?

Also, how do the RC35/36 compare to the Manitou 3/4 in terms of weight & performance?

 

[cherrybomb]

Let me put it like this, I have a pair of RC36 Proclass evo's that I've had since 1998.

They're light, they're stiff and I'd never sell them.