Originally Posted by serious
Possible yes, recommended, absolutely no. Those vintage pictures are ridiculous in today's context. Straight bars allow far more manoverability than drop bars ever could. On very technical terrain, drop bars are a liability.
Yeah, everyone knows how bad Tomac sucked in the technical stuff.
Being uncomfortable is a liability. Give it a try if you think it might work for you.
Originally Posted by khuon
Answer Accu-Trax. They were one of the most covetted aluminum forks at one time. and yes, they are rigid. Suspension was just in its infancy in 1990 and didn't really start coming into the scene until 1991/1992. I like to point at those pictures when people say that you absolutely must have and need suspension for MTBing.
I had a Klein Attitude of similar vintage with similar "big tube" aluminum forks. They actually gave an amazingly soft feel compared to the steelies I'd been riding off-road with for the previous 15 years. I've thought more than once about trying to go back to that.