Originally Posted by
emsara
Thanks for all of your replies. I am not afraid of real skinny tires - I was concerned that they might be too narrow to fit the rims. I'm going to try to make this switch this week and see what happens. I have wondered whether there would be any merit in switching out the front fork. I certainly don't need the suspension, and the fork seems to be the reason the front of the bike and the handlebars are so darn high.
If you can replace the forks with a pair of Rigids- and you are only on the road- then this will be a big improvement. Suspension forks do slow you down on the bike- but be carefull on the replacement forks and "Try" to get a fork of the correct length. Too short a fork and you could have a very twitchy bike on steering.
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