really clean 9/10

best bike ive ever seen 10/10

cool colors 8.5/10

looks pretty good 7/10

8/10 looks really good

the green bits are pretty cool 6/10

looks cool i like the pedal choice

could use a right crankarm kinda mid ngl 4/10

looks great 9/10

hey, i had the same problem as you until i got a frame with a tapered headtube, i never found a method to fit a tapered fork into a frame thats not designed for it. as far as brand new you can get a rockshox judy with a straight steerer tube, or manitou makes a couple forks with a straight tube as well, but if you don't mind an older fork fox made a few straight tube forks around the 2010's, like the vanilla rl or the float rl. and for a while i used knockoff branded forks from aliexpress and they are surprisingly good. hope this helps and i wish you luck in finding something

thats a cool color combo 8/10

https://www.bikology.com/builder/2026-forbidden-druid-v2?build=andreu-lacondeguy-group-ride-musette-5029
got the blue and silver thing going on

its decent, 6/10

what we thinking

https://www.bikology.com/builder/2024-santa-cruz-megatower?build=cassette-apex-zone-9857

https://www.bikology.com/builder/2024-santa-cruz-highball?build=shifter-sticky-bottle-sag-7448
kept it under $5000 and still be decent (and yes 5k isnt a budget bike but for this website its pretty cheap lol)

looks good 7.5/10

i would go with stans i've used lots of their stuff and i havent had any problems with it, but i would also get some cool colored valves for some bling

https://www.bikology.com/builder/2024-santa-cruz-5010?build=aero-helmet-half-wheel-gutter-6495

what we thinking

looks good 8/10

looks sweet the side profile is awesome