Originally Posted by
Dave Mayer
If you want a better all-round bike, also get rid of the suspension fork, which unless your commute involves travel over head-sized rocks, is a heavy and unnecessary impediment. It adds 2 pounds of useless weight, saps your pedaling energy due to suspension bob, and has less precise steering/handling than a rigid fork.
I just noticed something while scavenger hunting in local second hand market.
It was impossible for me to even find a 26 inch threadless fork that's rigid.
I either find
- 26 threaded rigid/suspension v-brake
or
- 26 threadless suspension v-brake/disc brake
Only in 700c can I find a threadless fork that's rigid.
Funny that by 2010, rigid mountain bike fork actually becomes a niche item you have to special order to get.