bjornb

I have a 99 Norco Sasquatch I have converted to single speed for winter commuting purposes. I want to change out the old suspension fork with a rigid fork and was wondering what to look out for in terms of compatibility and "best fit" scenario. Would a Kona P2 with canti-mounts be okay? There is one for sale locally for $20.... How about Nashbar's CroMo offering? I have seen some rigid forks that claim to be "suspension corrected". Is this something I have to worry about or is this a more modern development to cope with suspension travel having grown so much since 99.

Original forks are Marzocchi Bomber Z-5, with 2.75" travel, and 1 1/8th threadless.

Spanky-G-Master

I switched out a fork on a ~97ish Mongoose, it had 2" of travel originally (before the elastomers turned to stone). I put a generic steel fork from a bike shop on it, it isn't suspension corrected and the bike rides and handles much better. I'd go for the Kona, especially since it's local.

Lebowski

surly makes suspension corrected 26' forks

scrublover

the kona p2 will work fine with that ride. and the p2 forks actually ride pretty sweetly for a stock bike fork. snag that one local and throw it on the bike. don't worry too much about it, especially if mostly used as a commuter.

ed 

The Kona will not work well. Buy a Nashbar fork and PM me the info for the Kona.

Thank you.

brandenjs

I have a bunch of 1 1/8 threaded rigid forks. The do not have the disc mounts,but do have the canti mounts if that might work for you. I have a few different length steerer tubes so we could match it I'm sure.

gbg

I have a Kona P2 on my Kona Kula Primo (19.5 inch frame). Works fine for me, since I think it is 100mm adjusted.
I just went the other way and got a FOX RL 80 and it is awsome.

Lebowski

i just put a suspension fork on my 29er and the rigid fork i had left over is damn near identical to my 26' suspension corrected fork.

Magmol

I have the Kona triple butted on my ti road bike and it's awesome. Kona gets the nod from me because it will absorb and steer straight. I'm putting one on my steel stumjumper when I get a new frame.

martinus

I would be interested ( as well ) in a rigid / non-sus. fork, but with caliper mounts ONLY ...

ca7erham

My friend did the exact same thing when he had is old mongoose with 1" threaded steer. Just through on a roadie for that Performance had for like 10$.