Comments on: Spinner 2Nine Suspension Fork: First Impressions

By: Rob Y from Ottawa

Rob Y from Ottawa — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:14:57 +0000

Thanks for the review GT! I’m interested to hear what your thoughts are on it over time.

By: Stevereeneo

Stevereeneo — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:42:56 +0000

Thanks for that – coincidentally just found a brand new Fox from a shop at a great price – it seems that someone had cut the steer tube on it while building a new bike and then realized that something wasn’t right – so the shop had an ’09 F29 RLC 100mm fork sitting in the back. The short steer tube was perfect for me so I pulled the trigger. I’d originally thought I only wanted 80mm but this one just found me and i couldn’t pass it up.

Are you sure that the offset of the stock F29 is 46mm? I’d heard it was 44mm – not that 2mm is a big deal… though with the longer travel it’ll have increased a2c and slacken things just a tad I suspect…

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:25:30 +0000

Stevereeneo: Well, it wouldn’t be terrible, that’s for sure, I think you might just like it, but it would be a tad more stable/slower in handling.

The Fox is actually a 46mm offset. So it would match up more closely.

By: Stevereeneo

Stevereeneo — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:38:57 +0000

That’s still not bad and I’m guessing that it wouldn’t slow down the handling of the Flight much… I’m curious to hear your thoughts.

I saw that CBO is selling the NEW 09 Rebas – but only w/ a 20mm through axle – not much use for me… Consequently it comes down to the Spinner, the Fox, the RST and the Manitou .. all of which have 44(ish) mm of offset if I’m correct. Bang for buck The RST and Spinner seem to be the best… but I can’t find the RST available anywhere… any thoughts?
S

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:13:34 +0000

Stevereeneo: I m afraid the offset is only 43mm on the Spinner. Thank you for your kind wortds!