forks

handon94

im looking at a number of bikes and i have found the one i want but it has Suntour XCR-LO hydraulic fork with cr-mo 30 mm stanchions, magnesium lowers, preload adjust, 100 mm of travel and lock out are these good for a bigigner.

supersonic

Functional entry level fork.

What is the bike?

mrfmilo

Suntours are typically on lower end bikes/budget bikes. They are OK, but most are heavy, have no real damping etc. Try to avoid them and aim for some Tora 302's or similar

handon94

gt avalanche disk 2010

mrfmilo

This? http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gt/ ... gn=froogle

Good entry bike, you could always upgrade the fork at a later date

coxy17

i have a gt avalanche 3.0 2008 and i have slowly done it up check the bike in my link at the bottom of the screen

the gt has a very good frame and will take everything you can throw at it and its a good base to build up from

ilovedirt

mrfmilo wrote:

This? http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gt/ ... gn=froogle

Good entry bike, you could always upgrade the fork at a later date

for that price, you could get a carrera fury, which is a bit better i think, hydraulic discs etc? correct me if i'm wrong.

Andy B

ilovedirt sorry, but you're wrong, the Fury is £550 with £50 off, so it's almost double the price of the GT at full RRP

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... =IOV4PDPZ1

handon94

im going for the gt avalanche 2.0 disk 2010 but im going to change the fork on the front to a rock shock fork after Christmas

mrfmilo

It already is after christmas, unless you mean Xmas 2011? :?

bails87

mrfmilo wrote:

It already is after christmas, unless you mean Xmas 2011? :?

Or Xmas 2010.......

mrfmilo

bails87 wrote:

mrfmilo wrote:

It already is after christmas, unless you mean Xmas 2011? :?

Or Xmas 2010.......

biff55

handon94 wrote:

im looking at a number of bikes and i have found the one i want but it has Suntour XCR-LO hydraulic fork.

pretty standard fork on bikes costing less than £400.
you need to be spending £500+ to get higher level forks unfortunately.
still a good bike for the money so just buy , ride and enjoy.

handon94

thanks for the advice im paying £570 is the best price but im changing the forks in christmas 2010 :P

reevie25

I had a pair of SR Suntour forks on my Scott Aspect 45, The first pair I had seized up within about 3 weeks of buying the bike, my LBS put another pair of the same on and they also seized, then we tried a pair of 80mm Rockshox Dart 2's and they have never let me down....

I think it's best just to avoid Suntour or get it changed quickly

supersonic

They vary a bit - just like Darts! Some darts don't even move!

There are about 4 models of XCR, then the XCMs, XCT...

handon94

i have been doing a little bit of looking around and found that the gt probibly isnt the best bike out there for the money so i have found the carrera fury wich has a better fork and better brakes and is also alot lighter i found all this out of the forum and my magazine witch is called (what mountain bike) which i have found useful and would recommend it to anyone. well thanks for all your help.