Advice on changing suspension forks
thegoatboy
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Hello
I'm slowly upgrading my MTB for commuting.
One thing I was thinking of doing is ditching the suspension forks on my GT (zoom forks i think) for hard ones
I asked in Evans cycles, and he said it would be 90 bucks for the forks + labour so it would be close to 150 quid
that seems a lot!
is it easy to change the forks? the guy mentioned measuring the forks to get the right ones.
is it a difficult job to do?
I'm slowly upgrading my MTB for commuting.
One thing I was thinking of doing is ditching the suspension forks on my GT (zoom forks i think) for hard ones
I asked in Evans cycles, and he said it would be 90 bucks for the forks + labour so it would be close to 150 quid
that seems a lot!
is it easy to change the forks? the guy mentioned measuring the forks to get the right ones.
is it a difficult job to do?
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Easy job.
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Make sure you get one with the right axle to crown (a2c) height to be similar to or slightly shorter than your current forks.
A bike shop would cut and insert the star nut for about £20-30 and then you can fit yourself.
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It can be done with a chisel, screwdriver and hammer but you have to be careful and take your time.
I think my LBS charged £10 the first time I did it (I've done it myself since). If you get the to cut/star nut it for you at the same time they might do it for free.
forks don't quite fit ...... 1x google later and I have just learnt all about headsets, bearings, races, cups, washers, o-rings, compression rings and degrees of stuff
now waiting a crown race remover and fitter ! .. oh and a new crown race
Bloke said 15 to 20 bucks to fit.
Happy with that
retired 9.6kg Carrera Kraken
The Carrera Hardtail combined thread - come on all you Carrera's!
The Sons Scott Genius RC20 build