Originally Posted by
Raging_Bulls
Anyway, back on topic : Keep in mind that both the Giant and the Diamond Back are designed for rigid forks.
You can get away with suspension, but only short forks (less than 60mm of travel). Longer forks will upset the geometry too much, which can ruin the handling.
No worries, they used to ride rigid for years and in fact it's making a comeback nowadays. Steel is quite flexible, so the Diamond Back will filter out some of the vibration and bumps anyway.
And while we're talking about forks, I noticed something while looking at the Giant's fork. Look at the downtube, between the "T" of "Giant" and the chainrings. Is that dirt or multiple dents? In the latter case, I'd avoid the Giant for sure.
Thanks for the info! I don't plan on doing anything with the forks yet, since winter is coming I'll most likely tuck the road bikes in a dark corner for a few months and just use this as a snow/rain commuter, since the singletracks will be a little rough anyway. I guess a small suspension fork may be in the future but I'm not thinking this bike will survive a full winters use if I do bring it into the snow, regardless of which one I get. I kind of like the rigid/original fork, though.
And yea, very good catch with the dents/dirt. Looks like dents to me as well, but of course, time will tell. I don't think I'll be buying anything with dents.
And rigid is making a comeback? Like, comeback as in hipsters are into it? Or comeback as in people with any MTB knowledge are into it?
