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04-07-03, 08:47 AM
Greetings,
I am sure that this question has been asked a million times before, but here goes...I am looking to put a suspension fork on my redline monocog. I am not wanting to spend more than $300 including installation. Less, if at all possible. I am wanting to buy from my LBS so I'll be paying retail. I dont wanna take a mail order fork to them for installation. I could probably install it myself, but I dont wanna screw up the cutting of the steerer tube. So I am a fairly small guy (5'7", 155-160 lbs) and mostly ride xc...no big drops or jumps. I dont need a ton of travel or superplush...just enough to keep my hands and shoulders from going numb after a half hour in the saddle. I dont really have any brand preferences. I have checked mtbr.com's reviews but they were of little help becuz there are a ton of reviews and the ones that I read had conflicting reports (i.e. the fork was great for one person while it was a piece of crap for another). I am also going to get recommendations from the LBS personnel, but I just wanted to get some opinions from other people as well. Thanx for any help...
Dave
I am sure that this question has been asked a million times before, but here goes...I am looking to put a suspension fork on my redline monocog. I am not wanting to spend more than $300 including installation. Less, if at all possible. I am wanting to buy from my LBS so I'll be paying retail. I dont wanna take a mail order fork to them for installation. I could probably install it myself, but I dont wanna screw up the cutting of the steerer tube. So I am a fairly small guy (5'7", 155-160 lbs) and mostly ride xc...no big drops or jumps. I dont need a ton of travel or superplush...just enough to keep my hands and shoulders from going numb after a half hour in the saddle. I dont really have any brand preferences. I have checked mtbr.com's reviews but they were of little help becuz there are a ton of reviews and the ones that I read had conflicting reports (i.e. the fork was great for one person while it was a piece of crap for another). I am also going to get recommendations from the LBS personnel, but I just wanted to get some opinions from other people as well. Thanx for any help...
Dave