Originally Posted by
Gaz_
This led me to the from suspension forks. Currently, the originals are fitted, these are "InSync Grind 323"s which the internet seems to assure me are garbage, well, they've done fine, but after 18 years and no apparent way to service them, I'm looking for recomendations! When I upgraded the brakes, I did look into fitting larger rotors, unfortunately, the fork manual didn't specify a size so I left it as is. This may be another advantage of changing the forks.
Not the best fork around. I’d suggest looking into finding an air/oil fork with lockout. Makes the fork rigid when you don’t need it. On the other hand, if you aren’t using the bike on off-road rides, going to a rigid fork would be a good choice as others have said. I keep a suspension fork on my bikepacking bike because I go looking for places to use the suspension. However for primarily road riding, I use a rigid road touring bike.
You should be able to put a180mm or 203mm disc on your existing fork without issues. It would help with any braking issues you have.
So, a front suspension fork, good for touring, and good for a heavy bloke with a full pack. I believe it needs 80mm of travel to keep the bike level, the wheels are 26" Can anyone help?
If you touring on roads like this:
Keep the suspension fork. But if most of your roads look like this:
ditch the suspension.
Ohhhh and while I have anyone attention... I have a mad idea. Has anyone ever fitted disc brakes and V brakes? Just say to the front to help out down the hills?
Cheers for any help!
See above. A 203mm rotor would do the job and be a lot simpler.