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Originally Posted by squirtdad
IMHO if you are talking about a 300 to 500 dollar bike (or anything from big box stores) suspension should be avoided.
So should all the other parts, probably.

I definitely want to convey that Suntour forks, especially, are not a dire mess. Yes they are heavy and yes they lack features. But they are sturdy, require essentially no maintenance, and there are ways to make them work better that are not expensive, not hard to buy, and easy to install. Damping cartridges are fifty bucks and different strength springs are twenty, and you install them with sockets and allen wrenches that you probably have already.
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