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Something for u dh bikers to look at

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garrett.
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Jun 21 2006 5:44PM
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meggles
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holy... how many inches of travel?!
Jun 21 2006 5:48PM
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garrett.
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12
Jun 21 2006 5:49PM
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S-Titterington
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why would dh racers look at that. More for like that bender goof from 12 years ago
Jun 21 2006 5:52PM
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meggles
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daaang

thats a lot of travel.
although thats a friggen awesome fork, i'd only use like 7 inches of it...
Jun 21 2006 5:52PM
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CZA
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honeslty though, these forks aare pretty much useless
Jun 21 2006 5:52PM
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meggles
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at most. not even 7 inches..

and yea^ i agree.... i cant even picture a time when you'd bottom out on a friggen 12-inch fork. a little unnecessary...
Jun 21 2006 5:53PM
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mavric1298
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useless? are you kidding me? Have you ever been on a DH bike?


so sick...you race or just freeride?
Jun 21 2006 5:55PM
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garrett.
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yeah that stopped making these 3 years ago... i ghuess they realized that noone in the worl is going to need a foot of travel
Jun 21 2006 5:56PM
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ThaLorax
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Didn't they stop making that fork? Why would you put that on a hardtail? I don't even think it'll fit correctly on a hardtail w/out fucking up the geometry.
Jun 21 2006 5:56PM
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garrett.
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read my post above u
Jun 21 2006 5:57PM
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mavric1298
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its nice cause you can set the first say 4" to be SUPER plush then have the progression get stiffer towards the end, so you have lots of softness at the begining that you otherwise wouldn't be able to with say 7"
Jun 21 2006 6:00PM
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dat_ski_dude
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nice fork, i just got a new fox racing shox kinda like this one last week.
Jun 21 2006 6:01PM
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meggles
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anyone have the fox float? its nowhere near the size of these forks but i hear its really nice...
and that fox fork^ is massive as well..

mavric(something along those lines): good point
Jun 21 2006 6:04PM
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stevel
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wow thats huge is there a mtb cult on this site
Jun 21 2006 6:06PM
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prosnurfer
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yoo man im wonderin how heavy thoise are actualy biking, arnt they like 8 or so lbs cuz i was lookin at a stinky 9 last year and almost got it but i didn't cuz im a light person and i wouldent have been able to wip around that bike like i can with my stinky deelux. but i really like that fork so if u coyld jusy tell me how heavy itis when ur actualy riding
Jun 21 2006 6:09PM
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dat_ski_dude
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i have a couple ridin buds that got em. they love em said nothing but good things about em
Jun 21 2006 6:09PM
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meggles
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sick.. i need 'em.
too bad i have no money. and 3 year old fork. dang.
Jun 21 2006 6:15PM
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ski_cartel
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now thats what im talking about
Jun 21 2006 6:16PM
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Aenigma
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The float's an ok fork, but not the greatest. If you want an air-sprung fork from Fox try to go for the TALAS, or you can sack up and get the coil-sprung vanilla. I can say from personal experience that the vanilla is sweeeeeett.
Jun 21 2006 6:19PM
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S-Titterington
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float is super light compared to how big it is, awkward kinda
Jun 21 2006 6:21PM
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aoe
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Umm.. have you ever been on a dh bike? you can't race with 12' of travel. Why don't you think anyone on the world cup races with that much travel. Super monsters are pretty useless. I'll stick with my 888
Jun 21 2006 6:27PM
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garrett.
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yeah wouldnt that be serius freeride/dh 80 foot cliffs?
Jun 21 2006 6:53PM
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S-Titterington
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what he said
Jun 21 2006 7:07PM
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skiierman
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Hahaha dude that isn't a downhill fork but a freeride one... a heavy duty one at that. My friend has it and only because he is a rich, spoiled fuck. There's no need for that fork, unless you're doing Gillard Road Gap to flat.
Jun 21 2006 9:05PM
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Liam.
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how much did that set u back?
Jun 21 2006 9:05PM
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ThaLorax
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I used to have the float. its durable as hell for an air fork and it's light as hell too. I loved it. Feels almost as smooth as a coil fork too.
Jun 22 2006 12:14AM
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Calrin
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monster = bleah
Jun 22 2006 12:24AM
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garrett.
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oh and to clear things up this is not mine, it is forsale on pinkbike.com. i was just letting u guys see it because its so beastly
Jun 22 2006 1:17AM
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*rkp*
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supermonsters are RETARDED!
Jun 22 2006 3:01AM
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