Originally Posted by pshaw
I agreed with you on lockout, until i started riding a road bike.
After that my MTB felt like i was on a spacehopper!
Lockout rules for the road KMS to the dirt! Unless you drive your bike there?

I don't drive, fullstop. I'm an inner city cyclo guy - I either ride, catch public, or bum a lift.
I agree about the prices down here. Man, you should check out the Aussie sections of mtbr.com and farken.net. Every second post is 'I'm ordering this from overseas" or "What a rip-off".
Luckily my next set of forks will only set me back about 600 bucks, which sure beats paying retail of 1400.