Originally Posted by nine
i bought a rush hour because i needed a bike fast, and one that i could use for commuting and not be afraid to leave locked up for extended time. i like the bike ok, but i have two complaints: first, the brake levers are of poor quality and the rubber hoods have come undone (not a problem if you don't want to the levers, obviously). second, the front fork feels way too stiff. it's hard to ride the bike slowly through traffic without it moving from left to right. also, because of this it's the only bike i've owned where i don't feel comfortable riding hands free.
if i replace the fork with say, a surly road fork, would this solve the problem or is this a result of the geometry overall?
I also have a Rush Hour, and on the fork front, I think the guy who suggested checking seat height and all that is probably right, since I'm pretty comfortable riding no hands on it (and I'm not an accomplished cyclist or anything). As for the break levers and hoods: oh yeah do they suck, they're annoying to get off too, took me a while to figure them out (though I might just be dumb). I circumvented the problem totally by getting bullhorns and putting on a bar-end mounted lever.