Originally Posted by Darth Lefty

I think the first thing is to make sure it fits your frame, ie...
seat post diameter
length inserted
cable routing

I... still haven't bought mine yet, I admit. There doesn't often seem to be $150 floating around in the family budget for something that's only going to be used by y.t. I was at least planning on choosing one that has a coil spring, they're less expensive and I have seen enough bla bla about rebuilds and lost air.