punkypossum
Donut Devil
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Hi,
some of you might remember that I asked questions before about finding an 80mm fork with lockout to stick on my trek 4300 that's not ridiculously expensive for a £300 bike (current forks are RST Gila ones). With christmas round the corner, I think I might just be able to squeeze one in on the wishlist, so the question has popped up again, although the choices have been narrowed down...
None of the rockshox darts, etc that would be the obvious choice are available seperately with the 80mm and lockout, only on new bikes. So, from my previous posts, the general consensus was to go for a tora such as this http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?modelID=13113 and just to leave the adjustable travel at 85mm which is the closest I can get to the 80 I want.
However, browsing around I also found this http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?modelID=21988 which to me looks like the same fork without the adjustable travel and £20 cheaper, so in theory ideal. Am I missing any major difference apart from the travel adjustment between the two? Would both be suitable for my bike? And would both work with v-brakes?
Sorry if this is a really stupid question...just don't want to buy a fork that then won't work and really havn't got a clue about forks and the differences between them...
Also, if I did order it online, any idea how much it would cost to get it fitted by the lbs?
some of you might remember that I asked questions before about finding an 80mm fork with lockout to stick on my trek 4300 that's not ridiculously expensive for a £300 bike (current forks are RST Gila ones). With christmas round the corner, I think I might just be able to squeeze one in on the wishlist, so the question has popped up again, although the choices have been narrowed down...
None of the rockshox darts, etc that would be the obvious choice are available seperately with the 80mm and lockout, only on new bikes. So, from my previous posts, the general consensus was to go for a tora such as this http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?modelID=13113 and just to leave the adjustable travel at 85mm which is the closest I can get to the 80 I want.
However, browsing around I also found this http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?modelID=21988 which to me looks like the same fork without the adjustable travel and £20 cheaper, so in theory ideal. Am I missing any major difference apart from the travel adjustment between the two? Would both be suitable for my bike? And would both work with v-brakes?
Sorry if this is a really stupid question...just don't want to buy a fork that then won't work and really havn't got a clue about forks and the differences between them...
Also, if I did order it online, any idea how much it would cost to get it fitted by the lbs?