But, be careful - one thing that no one is telling you, is that by going to rigid fork, you considerably increase strain on your arms from bumps and potholes in the road. Also, descending at speed is much more reliant on your good technique as a rider, if you're doing gravel or bad roads. Every thing has two sides, so far I've gone from rigid to suspended because my arms and hands couldn't handle it anymore. Yes, it does suck up energy up to a point, but the trade off is that now I can ride without much pain. To me, it's more then worth it, rigid fork is simply too harsh for my riding style, roads, and weight. And if I need a rigid fork, a turn of the lockout knob does the same thing. I sometimes activate the lockout when climbing long steep climb where I ain't going fast. It helps some, but would I go back to the rigid fork only because of the climbing ability? No way. This can do all I need, and do it without over stressing me, which counts as fewer overuse injuries over time, because I pile miles on all the time.