nickmpower Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Can anyone recommend me a suspension fork? I just bought a Onza T-rex and plan to do some trail ridding/jumping stairs and stuff and though a fork with a little give would help out. Im looking for something cheap, lightweigh, and it has to have the 4 bolt brake holes for the HS-33 brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Unless it's the old T-Rex (different shape, blue+silver, about 5 years old now) it'll be rubbish for jumps. You could put forks on but it'll raise the BB even higher and even with rigid forks, the BB is already higher than most jump bikes.Marzocchi DJs from a few years back will have brake bosses and ought to be cheap. Check eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickmpower Posted October 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 THis is the bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 that'll be fine with a short sus fork, tomm was referring to the newer one without a seatubeas for forks, some old z4airsports would be uber nice, i ran some z2 atoms on mine for a while and they were silly light and smooth air forks would be ideal as you can pump them up nice and hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Jones Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 In my opinion you'll be hard pushed to find Magura 4 bolt mounts on any suspension fork. When I had my Leeson I put a pair of Marzocchi MX Comp forks on. They had 80 or 85mm of travel, cant remember which one, but they were wicked! Could get good flow out of them for tricks and, im sure in your case, jumping etc. I ran a disc on them, probably the best option if im honest.Couldn't see them on CRC where I got mine from but I did an ebay search - http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll...rzocchi+MX+Comp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Magura suspension forks have 4 bolt mounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous_dave Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 If you want to do jumps and trail stuff just get a different bike... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickmpower Posted October 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 I have already bought this bike, what is sooo wrong with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVWOCI WVS Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 I have already bought this bike, what is sooo wrong with it?its a trials bike, the geometry really doesnt lend itself to dirt jumping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 its a trials bike, the geometry really doesnt lend itself to dirt jumpingTo be fair, those old T-Rexes are probably more similar to jump bikes that modern trials bikes... I imagine it'd be fine.Nick: That's exactly the bike I was talking about - I forgot they came in two colour schemes. That one should be OK with sus forks.MX comps are nice forks for the money but they're more like XC forks than DJ. They should still be OK though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmowerman Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 You'd want similar forks to these really. Short travel and you can pump them up hard for trials. I say go for it mate, they'll be fine on that frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickmpower Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 so it seems like im screwed unless i convert to disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVWOCI WVS Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 so it seems like im screwed unless i convert to disk?nope, magura forks have 4 bolt mounts i believe and if not you can get a frame with vee mounts and use the magura EVO mounts which mean you can use an HS33 with vee stumps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickmpower Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 The V brake adaptor probably seems like my best bet. Can someone recomend a cheap fork with a ride height fairly close to a rigid fork? light would be nice too. Im thinking maybe a rock shox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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