New air forks.

Rippedabs123

Hi there,
I have recentely purchased a second hand GT avalance 1.0 and to be honest, the forks are rubbish!
They have a knocking feeling when you try to compress them, they are incredeibly stiff, heavy and after a week or so of hard riding they soften up a bit but then as soon as you put the "lock - out" on even just for a couple of seconds they go REALLY hard.
So I would like to upgrade the forks to a nice pair of Air forks preferabally with remote lockout for under £200 pounds, any ideas or am i being a bit optamistic for the money i have?

spacedog

http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/frame-forks/forks-shocks/rockshox-suspension-forks/rockshox-recon-gold-rl-solo-air-forks-poploc-2013.html

Rippedabs123

Spacedog wrote:

http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/frame-forks/forks-shocks/rockshox-suspension-forks/rockshox-recon-gold-rl-solo-air-forks-poploc-2013.html

Nice but over my budget!
Thanks thought.

Rippedabs123

Rippedabs123 wrote:

Hi there,
I have recentely purchased a second hand GT avalance 1.0 and to be honest, the forks are rubbish!
They have a knocking feeling when you try to compress them, they are incredeibly stiff, heavy and after a week or so of hard riding they soften up a bit but then as soon as you put the "lock - out" on even just for a couple of seconds they go REALLY hard.
So I would like to upgrade the forks to a nice pair of Air forks preferabally with remote lockout for under £200 pounds, any ideas or am i being a bit optamistic for the money i have?

Do you think a service may help or would it be better to upgrade the forks, as they are only suntour?

cooldad

Suntour whats?

snoopsmydogg

Very easy to service so worth a try. Also worth keeping an eye on the classifieds as you can sometimes find a second hand set of rebas in your budget

The Rookie

snoopsmydogg wrote:

sometimes find a second hand set of rebas in your budget

LOL, well within...my daughter got some Recon XC's (effectively short travel Rev's) for less than £100 in excellent condition.

snoopsmydogg

The Beginner wrote:

snoopsmydogg wrote:

sometimes find a second hand set of rebas in your budget

LOL, well within...my daughter got some Recon XC's (effectively short travel Rev's) for less than £100 in excellent condition.

viewtopic.php?f=40092&t=12910306

£50 under the OPs budget

Rippedabs123

Awesome I will keep an eye out then!