Ae forest downhill fork cam

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beautiful soundtrack

[Petegrin1]

sounds like justin bieber is singing!

[desy2478]

Nice vid. I'm thinking about getting some of these forks for my trance X5 as I'd like a bit more travel up front and a good second hand pair is probably within my budget. The only problem is that they are heavier than my Recon 335's and I'm wanting to save weight not add it! Is it worth it? How much better are these forks compared to my solo air Recons? They're about 300 grams heavier.

[DHROB92]

@desy2478 i have never used recons, but these are very good froks, i have a downhill bike with boxxer world cups on now and these forks are very good in comparison. i don't know how much taller these are crown to axle, but if it is a lot then these will slacken the head angle which will be good for descending but not climbing, depends what you want to do with them, also how much are you looking to spend

[desy2478]

Ok thanks. I have a freind who's got some of these so I'll try them out and see what I think. I have coil forks (Marzocchi Bombers) on my hard tail and they feel good. A lot of Trance X owners are saying that the bike is under forked and would benefit from something more like 140mm rather than the 120mm it has but like you say it depends on what u want. I love descending and I can drop my stem about an inch to help compensate. Budget is probly under £300.

[DHROB92]

@desy2478 ok these are 36 vanillas so 160mm

but yeh, the best thing would be to try them out as you said

[frankster262]

holy shit audio swap ASAP!!

[Mtnbikedan24]

was gona get a x1 but i got a glory instead

[JPThomp7]

I'm thinking of getting either a reign 1 or a reign X1, what would you advise and is there much difference

[DHROB92]

depends what sort of riding you are doing, if it is more aggresive riding the the x1 would be better but if more trail, then the reign 1 would probaly be better as it is lighter

[jgaggy]

.7 inches of travel.

if you plan on doing some dowhill get the X, but if your more of a xc'er go with the reign 1

i have the reign1 and i wish i had the extra travel all the time.

the 2009 giant reign1, the bike i ride, pedals like no other and can still handle the rougher stuff shy of DH.

[DHROB92]

yeh its a real good bike, big jumps stuff is fine but make sure you have the right spring on depending on your weight, the stock springs are perfect for my weight, (probably 145lb with riding stuff on), drop at ae forest fine (in vid) which is meant to be 20ft diagonally , i've done 15ft vertical drop lip to landing and that was fine, make sure there is enough air in the piggy back i run 190psi so a shock pump is good investment as nt enough air in whe new, hope this helps any more q's just ask

[norcosix1995]

hey, I just bought this bike today, how does it work on big drops and jumps? I already figured out that it climbs good though :)

[fullyAsianeric]

This has to be one of the best videos of the forks working!!!

good angle man!

Im thinking of getting this bike. Is it very heavy like a downhill ?

[DHROB92]

i think it weighs about 36lb but im not sure you'd have to check, but the weight is low and you dont really feel it plus it pedals amazing with almost no bob

[fullyAsianeric]

Oh thanks man.

Cuz aparently downhill bikes (triple clamps forks) are hard to ride on normal road surface....

apparently it takes an effort to ride :P

[DHROB92]

yeh, you would really struggle to ride a downhill bike on the road especially if going up any hills

[fullyAsianeric]

hahaha yea its a self explanitory bike for

"Downhilling"

[jgaggy]

downhill bikes are not for pedaling, they are for riding down a hill