I've a wanted ad up for a set I need for a build, but in my search I've come across a few things and variations which have thrown things up in the air in terms of what's what.
I know there's stanchion diameter, then there's stanchion material, weight, travel, lower legs, damping, boost spacing etc. Then there's e bike forks too.
I started life thinking a set of 32mm rebas would do the job, but as mu frame is new and beefy, wondering if a step up to larger stanchions would be something to consider, something new for me.
If I consider just the rockshox range, there are various that use 35mm, but what is the real difference between them all as things look a lot similar to me.
I plan to build it up as a fairly light xc bike. Not trying too hard but using decent spec bits where I can.
So, on to forks. I get that RS TK silver is steel uppers Vs the gold lowers being alloy, but what are the real differences between the following forks as I'm a bit baffled by the similarity in some areas, chassis sharing etc.
So.....
35 TK gold
Revelation
Yari
I'm looking at 130mm ish travel, have seen various other options like fox 34, x-fusion, dvo but for my needs and modest second hand market budget, what would be the best bang for buck, and ideally available boos spacing fork?
Is it even worth stepping up to larger than 32mm?
I know there's stanchion diameter, then there's stanchion material, weight, travel, lower legs, damping, boost spacing etc. Then there's e bike forks too.
I started life thinking a set of 32mm rebas would do the job, but as mu frame is new and beefy, wondering if a step up to larger stanchions would be something to consider, something new for me.
If I consider just the rockshox range, there are various that use 35mm, but what is the real difference between them all as things look a lot similar to me.
I plan to build it up as a fairly light xc bike. Not trying too hard but using decent spec bits where I can.
So, on to forks. I get that RS TK silver is steel uppers Vs the gold lowers being alloy, but what are the real differences between the following forks as I'm a bit baffled by the similarity in some areas, chassis sharing etc.
So.....
35 TK gold
Revelation
Yari
I'm looking at 130mm ish travel, have seen various other options like fox 34, x-fusion, dvo but for my needs and modest second hand market budget, what would be the best bang for buck, and ideally available boos spacing fork?
Is it even worth stepping up to larger than 32mm?