MONKEYS LIKE COFFEE
March 17th, 2007 by Tim GrahlJust got this 20″ Monkey. Best Mtn Bike I have ever ridden. Only 29 lbs for a Large, front suspension, steel frame with XT, 2×9, and basic low end Ryhnolite Wheels with LX hubs. This thing climbs incredibly and just floats over bumps and rocks on the downhill. Fork is 2004 Marathon SL. Fantastic fork!
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YES, I agree that the Marzocchi is a great fork, I had used Reba and Manitou too but MARZOCCHI is better than every others.
About the SURLY frame, I’ve one, me too, and yes is a great steel frame, very well built but not exactly the right one for a suspended fork, I’ve measured a 68 degree head angle with Reba 80 mm !!! Whit this setup on step hill the front wheel go everywhere, so I switch to the rigid fork.
But maybe for you that are taller than my 18″ frame things are better.
Anyway 29er IS BETTER !
Did you have to use a higher race with your fork? Like a Cane Creek S3+5 or Ventana 7mm lower race? Anytime you have to use a higher race to make the fork clear the frame, you will create a more relaxed head angle. With the Marzocchi, you don’t need a higher headset race, because the top dials on the fork are low enough to clear the frame (with about 1mm of filing)
CB
Does anyone know if a Carbon on-one fork would work with this bike?
CB