Originally Posted by
rangie
How many of these entry level forks will ever be serviced? What owner at this price point is either going to pay a shop to rebuild this turd or have the know how to diy it? Can you even find a seal kit?
A year from now it will be frozen solid or close enough.
Such gloom & doom. Really? Yeah, they'll never get serviced. I have a number of entry level hybrids/Mt bikes here (because kids) with cheap suspension forks and not a single one is frozen solid and non have been serviced even those those kids are old enough to have kids. . Even my Raleigh hybrid which has seen probably 10K miles of commuting in all kinds of weather works just fine.
We get it, you don't like cheap hybrids with suspension forks. The fact is thousands (millions?) are sold every year and are still on the road. People like them and buy them, so manufacturers will continue to spec them. For most users commuting in the city and puttering around the park with an occasional gravel trail or camping trip they perform as intended.