Henrik Y Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Has anyone tried a suspension fork with an Inspired frame?Which fork would be the best choice?I was thinking about make it more suitable for street riding. Like Jeff Lenosky's style of riding.There's not so many Inspired frames out there so... but any ideas?And btw does anyone know where I can get a cassette that fits hope pro2 hubs with 18t-13t?I've been thinking about getting a larger(9speed) cassette and cut of the larger sprockets but don't know if the cassette will fall apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxis26 Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) as long as the sus fork doesnt raise the bb it will mess up the whole feel i would say no more than 100mm but try for an 80mm for have a look at the dirt jam pro 100mm travel very simple fork but a great fork overallnot sure on the gears if your going for a street built go for single speed less chance of things going wrong Edited January 13, 2009 by maxxis26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Dirt Jam forks are heavy.you want MX comp or EXR comp, and to lower them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryallmaster Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yeah! My mate has sus on his inspired and it rode awesome!!!It felt like a freeride bike but you can pull of trials shiz too.I would definitely recommend to try it!Ill get some pics up soon...Lewis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Y Posted January 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Yeah! My mate has sus on his inspired and it rode awesome!!!It felt like a freeride bike but you can pull of trials shiz too.I would definitely recommend to try it!Ill get some pics up soon...Lewis.Would be nice to see some pics on it.The fork on my FS bike is a little to long but I think my friend has one that's a little shorter lying around that I could try. But I sidehop about 60cm with my FS so I don't think I would be any bigger problems for street trial riding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryallmaster Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hey mate,I could only find an action shot.I thinks it looks and rides awesome!!!Lewis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hey mate,I could only find an action shot.I thinks it looks and rides awesome!!!Lewis.Thats very near the set up I had. Geo wise.I ran an EXR pro 100mm fork with a thompson 100mm 10deg stem with tryall range bars and it was very nice indeed. I didnt run any stem stackers. It pulled up so easy. Still hopped around the same, a fork wont change that, apart from the extra weight. But yea go for it, you wont regret it.Oh and about the cassette. If you buy a road cassette, they usually come in single peices with spacers so you dont have to use all of them to run gears on your hub.Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilly Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 I have mx comps - 80mm travel on my base TA26 and that rides lovely, for both riding in woods over jumps etc and for streety trials. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Neal Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 And btw does anyone know where I can get a cassette that fits hope pro2 hubs with 18t-13t?I've been thinking about getting a larger(9speed) cassette and cut of the larger sprockets but don't know if the cassette will fall apart.Usually you can take the cassette apart and just use the cogs you want with the spacers you need. The only thing is, 9spd casstte and chain will give you 6 gears on a pro II T but if you want a stronger chain (eg 8spd Kool) you'd only fit 5 cogs on as you can't really fit 6 8spd spacered cogs on without it getting very close to the frame. I just about managed it on my control but it was tight. Hope that made sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romm Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hey mate, I could only find an action shot. I thinks it looks and rides awesome!!! Attached Thumbnails Can anybody tell me how much travel has it? 100 or 80? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 i had some argyle rct forks they were stupid light and strong. i had a go of running them at 70mm and it works just pop loads of travel spacers in them, it should work for all rockshox air forks too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkuskaUK Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 I was acctualy thinking of doing this when i got my skye! If i wanted to go out for some dirt jumping then i would just lob on a sus fork... Im glad someone has done it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romm Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 it works just pop loads of travel spacers in them I don't get it, can you say in other words? Do you mean it has fast Stroke Rebound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeymusmax Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 i know a kid who turned his inspired fourplay into a dirt / street jump bike and it was amazing it was ight and strong his forks are marzocci dj3's with 100mm of travel hope this helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 adjusting the travel does nothing to the damping. on most rockshox you have adjustable rebound and compression. so you can set it how you like. the argyles had a lock out too. which helped in some occasions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bip Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) I don't get it, can you say in other words? Do you mean it has fast Stroke Rebound? I think what dezmthber means is that with suspension forks, you can often lower them by adding spacers internally between the spring and the legs so that when you screw it all back together the stanchions get pulled down by however many spacers you've added. Quite a few suspension forks already have a spacer in there by default, and it's just a matter of adding more. Edited August 22, 2012 by bip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Dunstan Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 THAT LOOKS AWESOME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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