Originally Posted by
Wilfred Laurier
It made a difference but did not make any trails rideable that were not previously rideable...
...unless I am just far superior to all the early adopters, as I was along on the rides while they used their RS-1s, Manitous, and Duo-Traks. I went everywhere they went (1st) fully rigid, then (2nd) with an Allsop/Softride susp. stem.
Interesting. I found the fork helped me pop over errosion logs, roots, rocks and allowed for greater speed and control on decents. Long rocky decents weren't nearly the b!tch they with a rigid fork.