Stem Length Recomendation And Fork Question

[Tom_]

To save me from making two topics on these smallish questions I was wandering what forks there are available with 24" mounts for vees (or 4 bolt i guess) Im not really a massive fan of the steel forks (pashleys with lower mounts welded on or the 24uk forks) I know that there were ashton forks available at one point with two points for mounts and wondered if thats what these are?

I am guessing that these are now only available second hand? How well did they sell (or how hard will it be to find someone wanting to sell them) and what are they like on the strength front?

My second question for y'all is: what length of stem would you recomend running on a 24" bike, I was looking at the 70mm hope dh stem with 0 rise. Although i would rather run somthing with a 25.4 clamp. Im going to be riding very much street orintated riding at skateparks aswell as the streets so I need somthing really strong and short enough for bunny hops and manuals etc. But also long enough for the control I need for trialsy stuff, I thought 70-75mm mm with about 10 degree rise would be a good compromise. also I was looking at running as much as 3 inch rise bars, I have some gusset open prisons lying around only thing im not sure about is the width, There 26" anyone else run these bars or anything similar?

So far the stems I can find (that i trust my face with)

the easton vice 65mm stem although maybe thats a tad short for the trialsy side of things? but I know its good for street as I had one on my dmr transition.

The easton all montain stem which is 85mm (dont no if i trust my face with it...)

and the hope stems (either the 70mm dh one or the 90mm one)

any others to consider?

Edited January 4, 2008 by Tom_

[Tommy d]

Those bars sound fairly similar to Easton EA30/50/70 which a lot of street type riders use so they're probably ok, just with a bit more rise. They're 5mm shorter but honestly who's going to notice that. Bit heavier than EA70s too but probably not the end of the world?

I've got EA50s and I love 'em.

Anything intended for DH is going to be strong enough, although some of them will be on the short and heavy side. I use an Easton Vice 65mm which is great for me but I have to say I like it a bit shorter than most riders, even streety riders. My geo is 1040mm 73deg if that helps.

[Tom_]

Those bars sound fairly similar to Easton EA30/50/70 which a lot of street type riders use so they're probably ok, just with a bit more rise. They're 5mm shorter but honestly who's going to notice that. Bit heavier than EA70s too but probably not the end of the world?

I've got EA50s and I love 'em.

Anything intended for DH is going to be strong enough, although some of them will be on the short and heavy side. I use an Easton Vice 65mm which is great for me but I have to say I like it a bit shorter than most riders, even streety riders. My geo is 1040mm 73deg if that helps.

well my wb and hta are exactly the same as that

hmmm what to do... what to do :/

[Luke Rainbird]

I ran a 90mm x 10* Titec Rip3D stem on my 24", along with a set of Titec 2" rise El Norte, and it felt perfect (1020, +25, 380, 73* Ashton)

[Tom_]

A little fork triva for y'all

[Luke Rainbird]

I ran a set of Ashtons, and had no issues with them at all.

They're pretty much the same shape etc as Fattys, so the length/rake etc is all nice on them, and they have (so long as you get the right model, as thenewer, and maybe older, versions had only 26" mounts) 24" and 26" vee mounts