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Old 07-20-11, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RaleighSport
If one of you wouldn't mind, (and if you know), how much performance am I losing for the comfort of that front suspension fork?
I've put a lot of miles on both rigid and sus forks (several decades on fully rigid), and I wouldn't go back to rigid if you paid me (well, maybe if you paid me a lot...). Rigid forks have their place, and many people prefer them, but IMO if you're doing any decent amount of offroad riding then the pros far outweigh the cons. For me personally there are virtually no cons as I've never noticed any appreciable power loss with a sus fork, YMMV.
Someone here will undoubtedly suggest a lockout fork, but I never found the need to even use the LO (on my bikes that have it).
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