Originally Posted by
gregjones
The "suspension corrected" part in the description is supposed to take care of the geometry problem.
I was quite surprised at the level of workmanship that went into mine. The finish was flawless.
You have to get the right size still though. Earlier models of suspension fork had different lengths of travel. I replaced the old shock fork on my girlfriends 1996 GT Pantera when I converted it to a city and light touring bike. Turned out great. I measured the fork length with a bit of compression (like with a person on it) and went hunting from there. There are quite a few options out there in the $100 - $125 range.
Originally Posted by
dbrown417
I just took a look at your commuter link in your sig- your setup is very close to what I'm envisioning for my bike. Thanks for the input! I'm definitely interested in adding the rigid fork, although I may wait a while as my goal was to not spend too much money getting this bike rolling... but heck, building it into what you want is half the fun of riding, right?
If your fork doesn't have a lock-out, changing to a rigid fork is probably going to improve your enjoyment of riding the bike quite a bit. Knobbies and a squishy fork are a big part of what make riding an MTB on the road not as fun. If you replace the fork with the right length one* and switch over to slick tires I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how nice riding an MTB on city streets can be.
* I did fudge a little on the measurement for my replacement fork. It had fairly aggressive geometry for what we wanted to do with it, so I figured lowering it just a touch would tame it a bit, and that seems to have been the case. It's super nice now.
