Best MTB Suspension Forks Under $500 (RockShox, Marzocchi, and Manitou)
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- Upgrading your fork might be hard but luckily there are many great options for under $500. Many of today's riders do not require a $1000+ suspension fork, nor can a consumer find the exact fork they may need in the $1000+ range as the specifications become more modern and proprietary to recent trends within the industry. If you have an older bike or don't have a large budget to upgrade your suspension, the chances are you looking at or below the $500 range is pretty high. RockShox basically rules the market with options like their Recon RL, Recon Silver TK, 30 Silver TK, 30 Gold RL, and 35 Gold RL. BUT two competitors hold ground with Marzocchi's Bomber Z2 MTB fork and Maniours Markhor Fork. So whether you need rim brake mounts or disc brake mounts, tapered or straight steerer tubes, adjustable travel options, air or coil sprung, we go over just about every option you should take into consideration when trying to upgrade the suspension on your mountain bike if you are under that $500 budget.
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What fork are you currently running on your mountain bike? Let us know!
Lyrik RC2, but if you can put RC2 damper in 35 gold = best fork for your money I think :-D
Fox factory 36.grip 2
Having a bike a few years older I got lucky with a Yari for $400 new in the box with the pump and everything. 15x100 for life!!
x-fusion metric. cost me $320 new👍
Suntour
*me with my $90 Suntour XCR 32 and $200 bike
"Hmm this is interesting"
The marlin 6 has sountour lead weight on the front too, like you this vid opens things up
More budget guides and reviews would be really cool. Thanks!
Noobs, I DH with my rigid carbon fork. My arms are the suspension
With the bottom out bumper being your teeth
@@i_dodge_trees Yee
STFU
@@Sandstorm69 😁
😂
The subtle fork picture in the back was beautiful
I replaced my busted old manitou with a new 26" markhor, on my '01 specialized enduro fsr. It's much lighter than the old fork and feels great on jumps, drops, and burms along the trail. It's brought new life to my old bike!
I have that cheap Manitou on my Santa Cruz highball, my boss XC legend Kevin Evans rode it and he compares the feel to a fox 32. That's good enough for me!!!
I think there are many manitou models, probably you have a higher end one, paricullarlu with a tapered headtube.
I have a manitou marvel comp that came in my rocky mountain vertex, is a good fork just a few more tire clearance would be appreciated.
doing videos on budget stuff is fantastic but you pretty much read a specs sheet for them and compared how popular they are, would appreciate talking about how well the fork actually works.
This.
It's what he does for all of his videos, isn't it? He's a salesman... that's his job. Good luck finding anyone who would be willing to review these affordable products at the expense of their own time, and probably money (to purchase the forks in advance), I just don't know if it's a viable part of the market to be getting too in-depth about, especially since people who want to know all the nuances are probably on their way to wanting something even better anyway. You'll never get a good review on this stuff, consumer reviews are from people who don't know any better, and actual reviews are from people who would have to pretend its good, when they know it's far from the luxuries they're riding on their own bikes.
Silver tk is stiff but lacks plushness.. hands and neck go stiff really quick going down fast.
The best of these forks is the Manitou markhor, I tested it
I mean none of them wil be great, just a bunch of options... So you can get a few different options to fit your bike (Straight steer/ QR/Boost/ Koniy steer etc)
The more I've gotten into MTB the more I found this channel a" go to " for reference and advice and funny as f...... ! Keep 'em coming!
love the fork on the monitor
I just upgraded my old and gorgeous Ironhorse Warrior 3.1 ( 26" ) completely and that Rockshox Silver TK 26" was the perfect application .... Of course , I removed the prongs since I'm not using them and plugged the holes . Great fork . I love it .
Cool man, I just ordered one of those myself 👍🏼 Glad to hear you're enjoying it!!
Thanks guys im glad you released this video its helpful to guys like myself that are short on funds to support our hobby. I am all about the Manitou Markhor on my trail bike I beat the living crap out of mine being 300lbs and if I could afford the dorrado for my DH bike I would buy in a second im so impressed with the weight and performance with my fat butt on it. I have a review about it but the travel adjustment was pretty easy to do surprisingly.
I just ordered the Manitou Markhor…at 300lbs, how much air pressure do you ride with? I weigh 255 and they recommend 120psi for 220 rider. Should I add more or leave it at 120psi?
Markhor! Markhor! Haha! Jeff, you a funny guy. That video on that Markhor animal was pretty funny too! Nice job on the video explaining the differences for people. Keep it up and thank you
Hey guys I normally do not post comments but thanks alot for this video it's much appreciated. Helped me make up my mind... I was going to pick up the rockshox 30 silver and after watching this video Im gonna grab a Z2 🤘
Nnoooiiiccee! Thanks for watching 👊
currently running Manitou Markhor. Highly recommend so good!
The intro/outro music is rad 🤘🏾
Yet another fun and educational video from Worldwide! Thanks so much for creating and sharing!
bruh my bike is under 500$
mi bike is 100$ ._.XD
But you can order 2 number 45's tho
then get the rockshox 30 :D
Turbost same
I found mine under a bridge
This is the video I needed!
I know you don't sell them at WC which is probably why they didn't make the video, but the whole X-Fusion line is killer in the mid-range! I've got an old Enix and a newer McQueen with the more budget RL2 dampers and couldn't be happier with both
500 dollars?! You can’t eat with any of these!
George Clark It’s possible, I find shorter travel easier to negotiate a chinese on a Friday night!
You can eat dirt
@@ohraider and they come with oil built in for your salad!
Actually there's a specific model just for that it's the RockShox Chef 32mm Air-spring :)
I had Manitou Markhor on my Marlin 6 and it's way better than stock fork, totally worth its money.
Sap Green where did you buy your manitou at? I’m planning to upgrade my marlin 6 too
I've enjoyed my Markhour too 👍🏼👍🏼
I got the Rockshox Reba RL 130 MM, boost on my Salsa Timberjack setup with 27.5 plus @ $499 I LOVE IT!
Manitou also makes a Markhor with 120mm and remote lockout for 300$ just so you guys kniw
Every Markhor can be switched to 120mm and can also equipped with the remote lockout
Your right i have it, and removed the red spacer to bringing travel to 120mm! Light &smooth as.my rock shock recon on my stance 1 ! Pd 240 $ it changed the 2019 schwinn al comp for the better with more slack in the head tube angle .sweet ride...
Love how I can get a full set for a motorcycle at this price range, bicycle stuff is kinda expensive
Loved the office reference
OMG Thank you so much because i needed this more than any other bike video right now, I have the rockshox recon silver with the QR vs the thru axel which really sucks so I need to replace it.
Why? 😂
Almost spit my morning coffee out when you got to #6, LOL.
Hell yeah! Super useful video. And funny as always, the Parkour scene was classic 😂
Worldwide cycler is the best buying advice for mountain bikers. And parkour guys apparently. lol y'all are the best dude.
Nice! More of these budget ones...🤙
I have 2020 TREK Roscoe 7 and it came with a Rockshox Judy Silver SL 100mm fork. I've been riding it pretty hard and really feel that I need a beefier fork and one that rides smoother. I live in Vegas and the trails here can get VERY rocky. Just today, going down a trail called the Late Night Trail - I felt like I was at the limit of my fork's capabilities. There were some pretty hardcore rock gardens and some steep sections that I took on and it was kinda eye opening.....I also walked a bunch of them. In any case because of this video I just purchased a RockShox 35 Gold RL 120mm as a replacement. I'm looking forward to feeling the difference and getting some smoother rides on the trails! Thanks for this review!
You can adjust the travel of the recon series as well. I removed one spacer to make it 120 mm.
I currently have a rockshox recon 335 with 140mm travel on my 2012 SJ elite. Its left over from my previous bike which was a 2009 Kona Dawg Deluxe. Ive stayed consistent with my 50 hour and 200 hour service kits and it honestly felt better to me then the 150mm fox talas that the stumpy came with so i sold the talas and used the money to buy a set of Azonic Outlaw wheels. The 50 hour service kit (lower leg: oil seals, dust seals, fork oil change, clean everything with isopropyl etc . . . ) i do myself but the 200 hour kit ( full rebuild) i order the parts then take it to local bike shop that has a really good suspension mechanic, older dude who started racing bmx,4x, and xc back in the early 80s. The fork still feels great and I have no legitimate reason to buy a new one other then my stumpy is a 26er and i want to make it a mullet, plus anothet 10-20mm of travel wouldnt hurt, i bottom out my fork my often then my shock anyway (rear shock is 140mm of travel as well). Would anyone reading this recommend the rockshox recon 35 rl in 150mm or the bomber z2 in 150mm and why? Im open to both but leaning towards the bomber. I live in the bay area and spend the majority of my time on loose over hard single track thats either flat flowy and fast or super chunky and techy with rocks/roots galore, and the rest of my bike time is spent sessioning one of the many local dirt jump sets.
Who would have thought that Ellen was so good at Hardcore Parkour?!?! ;)
Incredible parkour cut.
I have a 140mm manitau minute on my 27.5 dualie. Its like riding on a cloud
i got a fox 34 as god intended
The #1 Recon RL also has internally adjustable travel with travel spacers. Will go from 80-120 mm
depends on which version you get. I just got the 120mm version and you can't adjust the travel, infact you can't adjust the travel on any of the Recon RL 120mm forks no matter what model year it is, but you can on basically all the other versions. It sucks because I would have liked to make my 120mm a 140mm travel fork.
ya i have a fuel ex 5 and it come with the recon but i have 140 travel
DNM USD-6! Seriously, I've just gone from a Cane Creek Helm Coil to The DNM USD-6 and I can honestly say that it's freekin awesome!
It has controls for rebound & compression and it has a pointless compression lock out too!
It's a very supportive fork but supple too and any concerns about twisting are unfounded.
The fork is very, very well built. Easily on par with any of the big brands and judging by the cheap DNM forks I've seen over the years, with their anodizing intact and still supple, I can almost guarantee that the USD-6 will be equally durable.
This does not feel like a fork that cost me only $213, yeah you read that right, my previous fork, the Helm Coil cost $740, over 3 times the price yet I honestly prefer the DNM. Note; that's not to say the Helm was a bad fork, on the contrary, it was a great fork, but the DNM just feels better to ride.
Marzocchi is a no-brainer. GRIP is way better than the Motion Control found on the Rockshox 35
The Z2 has its own damping system called RAIL and its supposed to be a semi open bath system.
Its just old fox tech bud. The rail damper was on old fox forks. Its no where near a grip damper. Rockshox has the charger damper for that competition.
Its not motion control. It’s debonair
@@denismacfarlane255 debonair is the air spring, motion control/mission control and the charger are dampers bud two completely different things
You can add the Charger 2 damper upgrade to the RS 35 Gold, pretty sure you can't upgrade the Z2 to Fit4 or Grip2.
Thank U So MUCH,im so broke and this kinda helped me
I got an used recon gold rl for 26 wheels, quick release, for 60 euros (around 70 dollars) WITH the handlebar lockout. The fork has only two tiny scratches, although i think it is a 2010 model. Perfect for my dirt jumper build.
I also use a rockshox domain 303 (unpopular squad where ya at?) on my main bike (can be seen in my profile pic). Fun fact: The Rockshox Domain forks with the serial number and date code ranging from 9T8XXXX to 43T8XXXX and with the steel steerer are recalles because the steerer could snap in half right at the crown. Guess what? Mine is 28T8XXXX.
this video is so helpful
Excellent video thank you!
Got a 27.5+ SR Suntour Aion 35 Evo RL 160mm travel 180mm disc brake mount for 340 USD shipped from Taiwan XD That PCS system is smooth as hell.
Last year I got a 465€ deal on a 130mm Yari. Seems like I had a good deal. ( and internals can be upgraded to Lyrik internals :) )
I love the looks of that Manitou fork. I didn't know they make MTB forks, I knew them from some heavy industrial equipment, and they are French. I would love to try one out some day...
Loving that every recommended fork that actually works for me is out of stock . . pretty much everywhere.
Get the RockShox recon silver tk, remove a volume spacer to give it an extra 20mm travel, and swap the damper out for the Argyle moco unit.
Greeeaaat greaaaat video, thanks WC !!!
Thank you! Very helpful
Thanks for an excellent vid. I've had 3 of the RockShox 30 Silver TK, 2016, 2017 and 2019. The 2016s are great, I had them fitted to a 26" hardtail and I've struggled to better my times on some of my favourite trails even with higher-end forks/bikes. I replaced them with the 2017s because the 2016 200hr service kit didn't seem to be available any more. The 2017s are awful, oversprung and massively overdamped even with the rebound on minimum. I spoke to SRAM about this and they said at about that time they were using a different 5w oil so I changed it to Bel-Ray 5w but it made no difference, they just feel totally dead. My 2019s are identical to the 2017s and new in the box, I haven't even cut the steerer tube yet. These feel the same as the 2016s even though all internal part numbers are the same as the 2017s so RS must have changed the damper or something. I might try some 2.5w oil from a MX dealer for the 2017s but for now I've just taken them off the bike, had a set of 2008 Fox F120RL so I threw them in instead
Forks for the people!!
Had a manitou minute that was really crunchy. Sent it away to a suspension rebuild and restore company , can’t wait to get them back
If you're really lucky, it might not come back!
Lyrik and Revelation on my Hardtail 👍👍
Well explained video, 👌.
thank you guys so soo much ive been looking for a suspension fork that will do its job good has 120 mm travel and isnt to exspensive for my 27.5 inch mtb and i just couldnt find one but now i finally know whitch one i should get thank you !!!!
I love the monitor with a fork in the background
😁
My idea of an upgrade is to forks which will work with what I have and go from rim to disc brakes. By keeping the post mounts for rim brakes, I can use those mounts for older brakes as mounts for something else. Which I have in mind already.
Other manufacturers are Rim, or disc, I NEED both.
I just installed a new 2021 Rockshox Recon RL 32 on my bike last night and it's crazy how much better the 2021 version looks compared to that 2019 version. The 2019 version, to put it mildly looks cheap. The 2021 version definitely doesn't look cheap, although I wish I had could have found the matte black version instead of having to go with the gloss black.
Thank you for the good informations may god bless u with health n wealth!
😂😂😂 Markhor Parkour that was hilarious! Lol I don't even know how to spell Parkour! Very informative. I also like the SR Suntour Epixon nice price awesome fork
I got a manitou machete comp. It was around 350. Great fork !
Same here!!
how you compare machette to markhor? is is the same fork??
really REALLY good video. great content laid out well. How would answer this video if u need to replace a 160 travel or greater fork in the same price range? please, thx!
Love my Bomber Z2
I’ve heard the z2 is awesome
75% of mountain bikers don't buy 6000 dollar mountain bikes , brother . Matter of fact , this was the video that made me subscribe to your channel .
hardcore parkour!
i have a commencal meta ht from 2020 and it came with a rockshox recon rl and it has a tapered steerer tube and it’s 150mm of travel.
I have a 150mm Fox Rythm 34, its sick!
really good fork. Had grip damper right? i purchased a formula thirtyfive tho
@@luissilvas.945 yeah has a damper and full fox rebound and speed adjust
The recon rl is adjustable up to 120mm as well as the manitou. You just pull the air spring out and remove the spacer.
you can adjust the 100, 130, 140 and 150mm versions but not the 120mm version for some reason.
@@NonLegitNation2 you can adjust 100 to 120. You can adjust 130 to 150
Can't wait to replace the shock on my Trek 820, gona go with the Rock Shock silver tk....can't wait.
YAY! Straight steer
I have a Rock Shox Recon Gold RL with thur axel, boost, fast black uppers, and motion control dampening:) They should have mentioned that one.
The lowest priced hardtail I'm aware of that comes stock with the Marzocchi Bomber is the Vitus Sentier VR. $500 fork on a bike that's going for $1250 and they haven't seemed to cut any corners to equip the fork at that price point. $500 fork, $750 for the rest of the bike. Can't beat that as far as I know. Any other bikes at that price point with the Bomber?
kinda late but the Radon Cragger 7.0 (2022) is even better at 1050 eur (no tax, or 1299.99 eur w tax), it got Magura MT Thirty brakes, modern geometry, really good components, etc.
lmaooo I am here for the office memes...and maybe forks XD
I have a recon RL with 130mm travel and 15x110 boost. So this is interesting
Now do the same for the rear please :D
Reba RL 27.5, got it for about $280 new from bike-discount :)
Manitou circus is still working great for me after 5+ years
Came here for info on the Markhour.... Got more than I expected.. hahaha
You miss the Fox 32 and 34 rythm fork😉they are very progressive👍
But copl video dude😀
I just got those Manitou's, 2018 Markhor, trying to find any of these forks was a bit difficult so I had to overpay on top of shipping to Canada but 👌 my hardtail needed an upgrade
Soooo many options not even mentioned here. E.g. I picked up a brand new suntour auron for under $400 that easily matches a fox 34
Dennis Rosloniec 😂
😂😂😂
Just got budget fork (air) , till i can afford a good standard fork , hopefully build my own custom mtb , thank you for great info , and parcore 😅😅😇☘🙏
Maybe your reply was ot meant for me but it is a relevant to what i have asked of you, thank you for your time
Thank you
What is the difference between Gold & RockShox 35 Silver TK 160 mm
You should include SR Suntour's Fork line up's.
They are shit.
Jeff, any chance of an updated version of this subject? I'm a heavy rider so 32mm stanchions don't work for me and I can't decide between fox 34 vs the rockshox 35mm forks for xc+ riding.
SR Suntour has an excellent plethora of air forks in the under 500 or even under 200 proces range
very nice!
Couldn't give a toss about the forks. I'm here for the 'hardcore parkore'. Brilliant! 👍
Just pulled my Recon RL off and replaced it with a DVO Sapphire, what a difference.
we're taking about 3x the price of the Recon though
That fork cost as much as many peoples bikes lmao. I would totally buy it if i could tho
@@Asthbendriel Got it on sale and with another 15% off...only cost $575.00
@@bikeswithmike9415 Got it on sale and with another 15% off...only cost $575.00
@@justgoofingoff that's very lucky from you man! Enjoy that new beast 👍👍
i can have this fork only in my dreams together with the whole bike
What would be the biggest difference between a rockshox recon silver versus the manitou markhor? I'm going to get one of them, but unsure of which will perform the best
I’m buying the 35 Gold RL 160mm next week.
Currently running a 2014 Reba SA RL 120mm.
Should be a good step up.
Nice video. 👍🏼
How was the 35 Gold RLs?
@@joeMopar412
Been using it a year now.
Still works fine.
A very solid, yet light AND cheap fork.
Would buy it again.
@@Marc28031984 Nice! I'm going to pick my set up today.
RockShoks Judy here!!! lol
My 2021 Vitus Sentier VR came with a Marzocchi Bomber Z2. I sold it for $500 and bought a 2020 Fox Factory 36 Grip 2 for $550 which was too good of a deal to pass up. But in all honesty I wish I would’ve kept that Z2 for a back up or for my girlfriends bike because that thing was amazing!
In fact I just bought my gf a 2021 Specialized Fuse 27.5+ and it came with a crappy RockShox Judy Silver TK and that Z2 would’ve been a perfect replacement! 😩
Great channel.. I enjoy cross country, not a lot of jumping, but I have a 29 tapered Rockshox tapered straight steer. I am on the heavy side, I have been looking for a Reba Race, but they are hard to find.. maybe rockshock gl
The 30 gold rl has adjustable travel... got mine tuned from 100 to 120
I bought an older Dual suspension Raleigh MTB last year for $100. The Manitou shock with remote lockout now needs a rebuild and new rebound adjuster. I think t would cost less for me to just buy a whole new fork, but the fork I'm looking at cost three times what I paid for the bike. 😄