May I ask why you're specifically looking at the XCT?
=it comes on the montague x folding mt bike i was looking at - which i will never ride off road
Another thing to consider is that a super cheap fork is likely made with cheaper materials/components, and as such may wear out faster. I don't have any personal experience with the XCT, but I'm also willing to bet it's considerably heavier than a fork you'd get in even the $100-$150 price range,
==i hope to pay less than that for the whole [2009, used] bike, though
==so i don;t want to spend time or money on it, i was just wondering what i could get for neither
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