easy to find a stiff fork to replace an RST shock fork?
08-03-09 | 07:34 PM
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astrositupataphysicyclist
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hope it all works out. i kind of get the same feeling here...some folks are into modify-as-an-art...and others are of the just-why-are-you-wasting-your-time-money...and go get a new bike.
glad others are listening and helping (not enabling). some critical remarks have often been very helpful, too.
keep us updated! and plug that LBS in the positive bike experience thread!
UBU,
I was glad to read your original post. I am considering a very similar conversion. I have a Trek 820 MTB which has an RST 191 susp. fork on it (63mm travel). I have been able to find suspension corrected forks, but they seem to be corrected for 100mm travel forks. I've been looking to do this swap myself, but I think that I will follow up with one of the three LBS in town to see if they can find a compatible fork.
I had a similar experience with two of the three LBS here, in that they either outright questioned why I would want to put a rigid fork on the bike to begin with, or they tried to convince me that a new road bike was what I really needed. And this second shop was the local Trek dealer!!! Jerks! At least this other shop was willing to listen to why I was trying to convert this mtb into a bike to be used primarily on the local paved bike path. They just said that when I was ready to move forward with the project, just let them know. They are a new shop who is trying to make it through their first year, and in my mind, are doing things the right way.
I'll run down there today to see what they may be able to do.
I was glad to read your original post. I am considering a very similar conversion. I have a Trek 820 MTB which has an RST 191 susp. fork on it (63mm travel). I have been able to find suspension corrected forks, but they seem to be corrected for 100mm travel forks. I've been looking to do this swap myself, but I think that I will follow up with one of the three LBS in town to see if they can find a compatible fork.
I had a similar experience with two of the three LBS here, in that they either outright questioned why I would want to put a rigid fork on the bike to begin with, or they tried to convince me that a new road bike was what I really needed. And this second shop was the local Trek dealer!!! Jerks! At least this other shop was willing to listen to why I was trying to convert this mtb into a bike to be used primarily on the local paved bike path. They just said that when I was ready to move forward with the project, just let them know. They are a new shop who is trying to make it through their first year, and in my mind, are doing things the right way.
I'll run down there today to see what they may be able to do.
08-14-09 | 09:24 PM
#27
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astrositupataphysicyclist
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From: Media PA
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ok, all is well. do it folks. take that heavy a** shock fork off and get a stiff fork. it has completely changed the performance of this bike, esp. on the hills. of course...
