Originally Posted by
badger1
Hmmm ... that's a good catch -- wasn't aware of those things. Clearly designed for retrofit to bikes with road or cross forks. The main problem I see is that the suspension is a simple coil spring with bump-stop; no damping at all. Bit of a pogo stick, but the OP's mother might find that an acceptable trade-off. Inexpensive too, relatively speaking.
In all fairness, most entry level suspension forks dont have any damping either; Theyre just a tube that slides inside another one with a spring in the middle.