Suspension forks - heading to Morzine in 2 weeks. Help!

Neil A

But I ignored you because I have no idea who you are or how biased your opinions of the product are. I'm relying on my own experience of 15 years riding, 6 of it spent working part time at a bike shop and friends who have experience with this product.

Anyone with over 20k posts clearly needs to be riding their bike more and posting on web forums less.
:P

Anonymous

Neil A wrote:

Anyone with over 20k posts clearly needs to be riding their bike more and posting on web forums less.
:P

:roll:
The stupid, it burns.

Neil A

Well the week in Morzine was a massive success. I'd never ridden alpine before and found I had to completely recalibrate how I ride, especially how to selectively use brakes without burning them out.

The forks were a very wise investment. They're pretty crude with only rebound being externally adjustable. I was trying to run the forks a bit slower than I should have done so on square edge bumps at speed I was getting compression spikes. When I realised what they were, however, I backed off the rebound and the fork was transformed. The small bump sensitivity and sheer plushness of the forks really impressed me, having never ridden with 'Zocchis before. Granted they're not exactly the last word in damping sophistication but for well under £400 I thought they were very good and the extra 20mm of travel and extra burliness really helped.

Bike-wise, I found the Heckler to be absolutely fine and the bike overall suffered no component failures other than the brake rotors loosening. Pretty good I thought. However, a proper downhill bike would have been far better and allowed me to ride faster for longer. More travel actuated by a plusher coil shock would have been better.

FlowMTB were fantastic too. I'd recommend them in a heartbeat. Lovely chalet, 5 mins from the Pleney and Super Morzine lifts with great home cooked food and comfy beds. The whole place was spotless and the bike facilities were second to none.

The best riding we found were the quieter trails in Lindarets. Fewer braking bumps and lots of technical riding.

miss notax

I would really recommend Flow MTB too

Lovely chalet, good food and our hosts were fabulous!

homers_double

bennett_346 wrote:

Same, but im also gonna try out some of the park stuff in Chatel, and the infamous cow shore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZMVyFHNGs8#t=01m31s

Thats pretty funny, especially as some ofl the riders are kitted up to the hilt yet still fail to negotiate the ramp down.

As for the forks, I've got a Heckler and 180mm would mess up the ride completely, 160mm is the max I'd run (and the max SC reccomend)

I'd just stick with your 140's or at a push get some 2nd hand 36's.

homers_double

...And thats what you get for ignoring page 2.

However, it ios worth noting that there isn't much point asking the opinion of a forum if you're going to ignore its collective advice.

And as for wittering about post counts...