Why are forks so expensive?
A cheap fork is 300 dollars, which seems totally absurd. Am I just not initiated enough yet into the MTB world?
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If you don't want to pay, just get a cromoly rigid fork and call it a day (Kona P2 = $60). It's good to learn with, anyway.
Just make sure your tires are at a low enough pressure! |
A cheap fork can be purchsed for $80 on a bad day.
An entry level fork can be gotten for less than $200. A mid level fork can be had for around $300 A nice fork can be purchased for $450-$500 It's all in what you want. $80-$1500...take your pick. Suspension tech is so much better now than it was even 5yrs ago. A Tora is a great fork. I had one. I'd ride one any day. I try to get the best I can with the money I have though. |
It's all in what you want. $80-$1500...take your pick. Suspension tech is so much better now than it was even 5yrs ago. A Tora is a great fork. I had one. I'd ride one any day. I try to get the best I can with the money I have though. |
Originally Posted by tekhna
(Post 7607001)
A cheap fork is 300 dollars, which seems totally absurd. Am I just not initiated enough yet into the MTB world?
So, you can find good forks for decent prices... |
Originally Posted by tekhna
(Post 7607001)
A cheap fork is 300 dollars, which seems totally absurd. Am I just not initiated enough yet into the MTB world?
Keep an eye out for deals, but plan on paying some decent money for a decent fork. Otherwise, go the route Rosso Corsa suggested and rock a rigid fork with a BIG front tire. :D |
Originally Posted by tekhna
(Post 7607001)
A cheap fork is 300 dollars, which seems totally absurd. Am I just not initiated enough yet into the MTB world?
Feel relief. |
Originally Posted by dminor
(Post 7613703)
for an adult bike like a KTM 450: $2,400.
Feel relief. |
Originally Posted by tekhna
(Post 7607001)
A cheap fork is 300 dollars, which seems totally absurd. Am I just not initiated enough yet into the MTB world?
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Originally Posted by Servo888
(Post 7629185)
If my fork gives way I'm going rigid, I don't take enough jumps / falls to demand a suspension fork.
Thank you. |
Originally Posted by khunningstunt
(Post 7629589)
It's crazy posts like this that make this forum a worthy read.
Thank you. *sigh* Everybody is a tough guy sitting behind a monitor. |
Because a fork is just a spring right? :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by BenLi
(Post 7637387)
Because a fork is just a spring right? :rolleyes:
Want a cookie? :crash: |
Yup...calling your post "crazy" is Tough Guy talk fo sho!:rolleyes:
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Good forks are expensive because they're not cheap.
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Suspension forks are a very small market, and one that is 100% recreational. It's pretty much a license to charge as much as people will pay without anyone getting too upset with them. It just makes sense. So they are expensive because they can be, and they wear out quickly because the makers know people will just go buy another one. That same $300 can get you shocks for a car that will last 100000 miles, but somehow any decent mtb fork has a 25-50 hour service interval...
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Because bicycles are expensive.
I could buy a 2008 KX450F motocross bike with way more high tech suspension, way more metal, way more parts, comes with a engine, all from Japan(Higher wages). For the same price I can get a roadbike or Mtn. bike from China or Taiwan. Everything about bicycles is a rip off. |
^^ 'nuff said. That's a wrap; thread closed.
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Originally Posted by Servo888
(Post 7638427)
Just a spring wouldn't work as they store energy, and oscillate (ie: Hookes law). Hence you need to stop the oscillation with a damper, this is what dissipates the kinetic energy.
Want a cookie? :crash: |
Originally Posted by BenLi
(Post 7641851)
Understand sarcasm at all?
http://www.bestinations.com/images/red.jpg :D |
Originally Posted by JonnyV
(Post 7638936)
Good forks are expensive because they're not cheap.
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Originally Posted by Rosso Corsa
(Post 7607053)
If you don't want to pay, just get a cromoly rigid fork and call it a day (Kona P2 = $60). It's good to learn with, anyway.
Just make sure your tires are at a low enough pressure!
Originally Posted by Servo888
(Post 7629185)
Welcome to the world of biking :-) . If my fork gives way I'm going rigid, I don't take enough jumps / falls to demand a suspension fork.
Mind you- it has to be a good rigid fork and that Project ll is one of the best around. Almost as good as my 94 Rockshox with elastomers that cost me getting on for $800. Not as good as the Boxers that cost me twice that much- but they are fitted to the Tandem and that does need a bit of suspension at speed down the rocky descents. If you want to learn how to control a bike- get a more controlled ride and save a load of money- Go rigid. |
Originally Posted by kenhill3
(Post 7643172)
A profound revelation from the Apostle of the Obvious. :)
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Originally Posted by stapfam
(Post 7644120)
If you want to learn how to control a bike- get a more controlled ride and save a load of money- Go rigid.
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Good suspension forks are light, adjustable in several different aspects, designed to work under stresses from several different directions and motions, and designed to bounce, but not bounce too much, while still giving feedback, but not too much feedback. Unlike a car suspension, which just has to bounce under a set weight and isn't adjustable and only takes pressure in one direction and doesn't have to withstand much other abuses against it such as kicking them with a boot, a bike fork has to withstand being dropped, sprayed with mud constantly, continually locked out and unlocked, sprayed with rocks, and whacked against solid objects. A bike fork also should look good.
Plus you gotta pay for all the bright shiny advertising by the bike companies. This, plus the fact that you don't really need a suspension fork, is why you can buy a Rancho shock for your truck for a couple bucks, while a Fox shock for your disc brake equipped bike is gonna cost a fat grip. |
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