MX Comp. ETAs

Ashley Saunby

Hi Tim

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" <timizod@durge.org> wrote in message news:2k25giF16pemrU1@uni-
berlin.de...
> 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