I've been looking to replace the crappy RS Jetts on my 2001 Kona & had been looking at replacing them with MX Comp ETAs[*] & I mentioned this in my LBS last night when hunting for cone spanners. Their response was to save my pennies & just get the plain MX Comps as they'd had a lot of problems and returns down to the ETA bits.
Since they're pretty good and were recomending forks 40UKP cheaper I'm tempted to save the money and follow their advice.
However, a bit of googling last night didn't turn up too many bad reports last night & great big bundles of praise.
Has anybody here got any advice or opinions to offer? Or even suggestion of other forks to look at in a similar price bracket?
[*] did have a slight concern about replacing 65mm travel forks with something longer. Google, Marzocchi's pages & a tape measure suggest the distance between bottom headset race and axle is comparible. (455mm on the Jett & 458/478mm for 85/105mm MX Comp.) My maths suggests that should't make for badness. Again if I'm wrong, please shout🙂 -- Tim. /\ /\ O___O =\__|__/= meow. U
I have some MX Comp ETA's (2003) and have had no problems whatsoever so far. They're great forks and the ETA is definately worthwhile having. I wouldn't buy any forks without some form of lockout now. My only critisism of Marzocchi is they don't do a remote lockout kit for the ETA.
Mine are 105mm restricted to 85mm as I'm on a 1" steerer. Currently at Windwave having a 1 1/8" steerer pressed in as I have a new frame. As soon as I get them back, I'll remove the restrictor to get the full 105mm. :-)
Ash
"Tim Izod" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2k25giF16pemrU1@uni- berlin.de...
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I've been looking to replace the crappy RS Jetts on my 2001 Kona & had been looking at replacing them with MX Comp ETAs[*] & I mentioned this in my LBS last night when hunting for cone spanners. Their response was to save my pennies & just get the plain MX Comps as they'd had a lot of problems and returns down to the ETA bits.
Since they're pretty good and were recomending forks 40UKP cheaper I'm tempted to save the money and follow their advice.
However, a bit of googling last night didn't turn up too many bad reports last night & great big bundles of praise.
Has anybody here got any advice or opinions to offer? Or even suggestion of other forks to look at in a similar price bracket?
[*] did have a slight concern about replacing 65mm travel forks with something longer. Google, Marzocchi's pages & a tape measure suggest the distance between bottom headset race and axle is comparible. (455mm on the Jett & 458/478mm for 85/105mm MX Comp.) My maths suggests that should't make for badness. Again if I'm wrong, please shout🙂 -- Tim. /\ /\ O___O =\__|__/= meow. U
