Does this fork have a 'lockout' function

bobcheese

Hi Guys,

bit of a noob. my question, does this fork have a lockout function?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=47786

I am looking at getting a 2010 orange crush and this is the fork that it is equipt with.

http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/bikes/2010/crush/

In the past all my other forks have had lockout either remote or on the fork itself. I have never owned an air fork or a fox. I stand up alot on uphill climbs and am worried that I will lose power if I have no lockout on the fork.

I will be test riding the bike before I buy but not in the places where I will be riding it.

Thanks in advance

ride_whenever

no it doesn't.

You'd want a RL for lockout or RLC which adds variable compression damping

bobcheese

Ok thanks for that. leads me to my next question, am I likley to find the lack of lockout a problem on uphill sections?

ride_whenever

Not if you learn to pedal a bit smoother. I usually don't bother putting mine on as i prefer the traction for technical climbs. I only every use it on the road, and rarely at that.

ilovedirt

personally i tend not to lock my fork out on climbs, you just have to learn to pedal better, though i do wind the compression damping on a little sometimes if the surface is pretty smooth.

stu8975

What type of riding are you going to be doing? If you are out of the seat on climbs you may find it hard with a 5.5in fork bouncing about if you are not the smoothest rider.

bobcheese

trail centres mainly and a bit of road during the week for fitness.

Maybe its me, maybe I get out of the sadle too much when I am faced with a bit of a hill? I take it that this is not the norm?

biff55

you may not need lock-out whatever your riding style but...
its better to have it than not have it , giving YOU the choice.
and it will make steep uphills more tiring to climb without it , especially at 140mm travel.

stu8975

bobcheese wrote:

trail centres mainly and a bit of road during the week for fitness.

Maybe its me, maybe I get out of the sadle too much when I am faced with a bit of a hill? I take it that this is not the norm?

Maybe....I'm on my 2nd full sus (Both Anthems) 1st one with F100rl's, I maybe locked out about 3-4 times..all on road climbs..never locked the back end out on the 1st bike and I rarely use the pro-pedal function on the rear of my current one, much prefer to sit a climb, just edge onto the nose of the seat and keep some weight over the back end so it doesn't spin/slip out. But with 5.5in up front your front end is still gonna be up fairly highly...I would (if you can), see if you can borrow a bike with the same travel and see how you are with it.