And so it begins...again - the Fire Mountain weight Loss project

[marshole82]

good shout! got a few on watch on ebay but prices are nuts

Any ideas on colour scheme for the frame repaint?

 

[Paul R]

colours a personal thing decals can be a pain to get accurate too. what year bike is it?

 

[marshole82]

It's a 97 I believe. Gil has proofed some decals for me in stock colour which is a light blue as in the above pic with the bombers.

I did think white with carbon/black parts but I think it will be too harsh.

 

[Paul R]

Oh yeah 97 missed the pic haha. The factory blue is nice

 

[Tootyred]

Very interested in this been looking for some lighter suspension corrected forks myself. Running a yucky pair of exotics at the moment, but they weigh in at 1050g at 80mm over.

 

[Mikey08]

How about the J&L Ti forks? 660g and 420a/c

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/J-L-Tita...4a1ab0be4303764c0f06|ampid:PL_CLK|clp:2334524

 

[Mikey08]

Or this version which are cheaper and lighter, come in 415mm or 460mm (for the 29" version)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/J-L-Tita...172950?hash=item1c7baf5716:g:x9IAAOSwT6pV2UIF
EDIT: Toseek carbon forks on ebay, straight steerer take a tyre upto 2.1" disk only though. Cheaper than the Ti ones at around £90 and lighter too.

 

[Tootyred]

What is this Car-bon you speak of? Also nice forks, but seem to be missing the bits to fit the cantilevers .....are they an optional extra

 

[marshole82]

Very interested in this been looking for some lighter suspension corrected forks myself. Running a yucky pair of exotics at the moment, but they weigh in at 1050g at 80mm over.

I've been looking at exotics.....you don't recommend?

 

[marshole82]

J&L at £200 is a bit above my budget! No more than £100 for me I'm afraid, hence the exotics I'm looking at