Mountain Biking - new to mountainbiking, have questions about my "new to me" bike

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uintahiker
04-04-05, 06:20 PM
so i'm pretty new to the sport and i have my first bike..it's a mtn tek comp xt. it hax shimano LX for almost everything except for a xt rear derailer. i have no idea what the forks are but they are pretty soft. i got the bike for a good price but i cant find anything about it on the net. does anyone have any experiance with these bikes? any extra imput would be great.

4hardrocks
04-04-05, 06:26 PM
what model and year is it
bruiser2
04-04-05, 06:29 PM
"i have no idea what the forks are but they are pretty soft." It's actually just one front fork, it isnt plural. Just an FYI

uintahiker
04-04-05, 10:09 PM
it's a comp xt, i'm not sure of the year. aluminum frame. sorry about my grammer, i did'nt know mountanin bikers were english majors to. in the 15 years that i have ridden BMX they were called forks. oops. ;)
PWRDbyTRD
04-04-05, 10:10 PM
It's been debated time and time again..several people say forks, there is no harm in it.