Mountain Biking - RST Forks??

Howzit Guys,

Tomorrow i'm buying some RST HI-5s forks, only costings me £10 so might as well.

Can anyone give me their opinons on these forks?

Thank you. ;)

They are RST...they are worth what you are paying for them.

They are RST...they are worth what you are paying for them.
I don't know he might make a good lamp out of it and sell it to some schmuck and make a couple Quid out of it.

Do you think it would be worth my while to save up and get better forks?, triple clamp ones, if so which forks?, don't want anything too expensive mind you.

Thanks.

Okay, don't listen to these haughty-taughty guys with their $1500 forks :). Depending on what you're planning on using it for, the RST fork may be fine. I have an RST Gila TL on my hardtail, and it does a perfectly serviceable job for my XC riding. At the very least, you can't go wrong at 10 pounds so long as it hasn't been abused. The reviews on mtbr.com (http://www.mtbreview.com/reviews/Front_Shock/product_21558.shtml) are up and down. I think the point is that you just can't expect them to perform like high-end forks because they're not.

I know, i don't expect them to proform like high end forks, however i'm going to be doing a few jumps on them, but at 10 punds, if i mess them up or they really are crap, then oh well not too bothered. ;)
Thanks for the advice!

Hey I wasn't knocking them. Well I sort of was. But you do get what you pay for with an rst. It is an adequate fork.

BTW all of my forks come well under 1000$ cdn :D

Got forks today, they are fitted now, and hey look nice, and seem quite nice loving them, will take it for a test tomorrow. :)

We now require pics :D

i have duke xcs and i love them cuz i got heavier springs and travel kit upgrade. They perform twice as good as my friends manitou blacks now.

That was in no way related. Or was it?

Hahaha....not at all...thats hillarious.

Will get you guys some picture of the bike as a whole, and an old picture with old forks, then new forks on. :)

Pictures comming tomorrow!!

Sweet..its a rule. Anything new require a pic.

oh right, then that mean next week i must get pictures of my new disc brake :D

That, for one, was related.

Before forks fitted.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/RobMob/Bike-B.jpg

After forks fitted.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/RobMob/Bike-a2.jpg

Let me know.
Disc Brake hopefully next week. front that is.
Oh about the rear silver wheel i bought a black one today.

No comment then guys?

Nice pics...:D...sorry I really don't know much about the forks. And I still can't tell the bike haha

Well it's a mod bike, with diffrent parts really, here's another shot of it. Better?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/RobMob/03041030.jpg

........rst single crowns are FIIIIINE....My bussy who rides urban (well) uses them as a bckup if his dj 2's are broken. Get a good hardtail......will be stronger/more reliable than that, and you will have a better time possibly

Bussy?....wtf....what manual is that word in? New word for a gf?

I love laughing at spelling mistakes.

I don't do DH at all on the bike, just used for going up stuff, and doing drops, jumps. :)