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Fork upgrade
I've got a 2010 Jamis Trail X3 - (one of these: http://www.jamisbikes.com/usa/thebikes/hardtails...) with the stock standard RST Gila T9 fork.
I'd like to replace these with something a little better. The current forks are leaking, and bottom out/top out frequently.
Does anyone have any recommendations? I mostly ride offroad (Manly dam etc), but do the odd on road stint to/from work too (6 k's each way), so a lock-out would be nice.
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Maybe something along the lines of 100mm rockshox recon?? Good air fork for xc that you will be able to fine tune. Or if not the recon, look at just a 100mm air fork, maybe try find yourself a second hand tora 312 nice and cheap, good entry level air fork. Actually, you could even look at marozcchi 100m bombers, really nice cheap fork despite being a bit heavy.
Jono.
I dont think I could agree more with the idea of the rockshox recon. Those forks are an absolute killer for general purpose riding. I think you can also get them with a poplock remote lockout if you want.
If you are buying online (which I assume you probably will) make sure the fork fits both your steerer tube diameter and the quick release/thru axle system on your current wheels.
Michael