Mountain Biking - temporary forks?

hi, i am currently looking for a pair of suspesion forks for my bike that will last me for 2 years tops untill i get a new bike basicly. they will only have to put up with extreeeeeeeeeemly light offroad work and dont need much travel. im not looking to spend more than £60 on them as they are only untill i get enough money to buy a new bike.

the forks on my bike at the minute would do but have seized up and are very difficult to ride.

thanks for any ideas

Uh, well I guess you could search online for any ol' fork that meets your budget. I've no idea what 60 pounds(sp?) buys but if you want a throw away fork buy whatever you can afford and ride it till it dies. I assume you only want one despite mentioning " a pair of forks". That would be two forks. The S denotes plural as you well know. Despite having two legs it's still one fork.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Categories.aspx?CategoryID=613&CurrentPageIndex=0&SortExpression=PRICE_ASC

Love to advise, but I've never tried any of em :)

hi, i am currently looking for a pair of suspesion forks for my bike that will last me for 2 years tops untill i get a new bike basicly. they will only have to put up with extreeeeeeeeeemly light offroad work and dont need much travel. im not looking to spend more than c60 on them as they are only untill i get enough money to buy a new bike.

the forks on my bike at the minute would do but have seized up and are very difficult to ride.

thanks for any ideas

I'd suggest only buying 1 fork instead of a pair of forks. You can take the extra $$$ ( £££) and put it toward your new bike.;)

Fork:
http://www.forkrestaurant.com/images/generic/fork_logo.gif

Pair of forks:
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rigid

How anal do you guys need to be? Jeezus....

rigid

+1, it'll make you a better rider
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/FK409C00-Zion+Rigid+Mtn+Fork.aspx

+1, it'll make you a better rider

-1

Really.

-1

Really.

I would say that you will become better at handling your bike (more body english)

Could save about 4lbs too...

I would say that you will become better at handling your bike (more body english)

You'd get used to picking sissy lines... that's about it.

Spend £70 and get one of these (http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13106).
Should keep you going.

You'd get used to picking sissy lines... that's about it.

not if your a real man

Yeah, go ahead and tell me how John Tomac was picking sissy lines when he was riding rigid.

thanks for the people who helped (might have a look into the rock shocks) but the people who piked problems with my english are invited to die

rigid

If it only has to last a couple years and do extreeeeeeemly light off road duty (OP's requirement) then that begs for a rigid fork. I see no need for any front suspension to do extreeeeeeemly light off road duty. (I'm guessing that means the walking type paths that criss cross all over the UK. No need for suspension on those.)

You'd get used to picking sissy lines... that's about it.

Not a lot of non-sissy lines when doing extreeeeeeemly light off road riding.

not if your a real man

Okay, so do you ride a rigid?

the only reason it will be doing extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemly light off road work is because the rest of the bike is no longer up to anything more and yes it means the gravel roads and the grassy bits in between the paths nothing major

the only reason it will be doing extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemly light off road work is because the rest of the bike is no longer up to anything more and yes it means the gravel roads and the grassy bits in between the paths nothing major

A rigid fork should do very well on that type of terrain. In fact, perhaps better than any suspension fork. (There's a reason road bikes use rigid forks :) ). Plus, a rigid fork will most likely be a bunch cheaper than a suspension fork.

thanks

Okay, so do you ride a rigid?

Yup, just started ridding with it a couple of weeks ago.

Yup, just started ridding with it a couple of weeks ago.

and while you're carefully picking and choosing you lines, colombo blows by you plowing through on his FS rig...

...wearin a dirty mac, waving his 'piece'

I would say that you will become better at handling your bike (more body english)You would be wrong.

You would be wrong.

We need to start a sticky with all the beaten to death subjects summarized inside.