Apollo Phaze fork replacement

[abo]

I was thinking about some new forks with more travel and I found these amongst others:

http://www.cyclerepairman.co.uk/details.asp?ID=760

I like the 80mm travel and the lockout and the fact that on this site they are £20 than elsewhere

Being a n00b... Are they a valid swap for the M2000's that came with the bike?

Do you reckon it's a worthwhile first upgrade, or should I really just see what wears out first and upgrade that?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Upgrade when the existing piece of kit is preventing you from achieving something.

 

[abo]

Good point... Well I bottomed out the front sus harshly a couple of times last time I was out. The existing forks are non-adjustable and pretty soft and seeing as I'm tending to ride a lot on road or light trail to get to local rough stuff the lockout looks attractive too.

Lol the next addition will in fact be a cover for the chainstay, the chain rattle is much annoying

 

[Angelfishsolo]

OK In that case upgrade. I can't help with the original question however :sorry:

Good point... Well I bottomed out the front sus harshly a couple of times last time I was out. The existing forks are non-adjustable and pretty soft and seeing as I'm tending to ride a lot on road or light trail to get to local rough stuff the lockout looks attractive too.

Lol the next addition will in fact be a cover for the chainstay, the chain rattle is much annoying

 

[abo]

Call to the shop tomorrow then I think

 

[Zoiders]

Get some cheap rigid forks instead.

 

[abo]

Get some cheap rigid forks instead.

Why do I need rigid forks?

Serious question btw, why rigid over sus?

 

[little_tiny_kev]

if your riding road and light trail, you dont really need the suspension, all its doing really is adding weight and releiving a very small amount of pressure from the wrist. Although if your a fan of the rough stuff, get a lock out fork and you have the best of both worlds

 

[abo]

if your riding road and light trail, you dont really need the suspension, all its doing really is adding weight and releiving a very small amount of pressure from the wrist. Although if your a fan of the rough stuff, get a lock out fork and you have the best of both worlds

Which was my line of thinking and hence the original post

 

[Zoiders]

Cheap sus-forks with no oil damping are going to be worse than rigid forks even on single track.

I ride single track, I often ride a rigid MTB, I use suspension for the more hairy stuff like balsting down fire roads at 30+. For comparison I ride the towpaths and old light rail routes nearby on a fixed road bike and I keep passing people on MTB's.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

IIRC the forks that you are looking at will be OK if you are around 12 stone or under. Any heavier and they will pretty much bottom out all of the time.

 

[Zoiders]

I doubt you will bottom them out even at over 12 stone, what they will do is kick back at you as there is no rebound damping.

 

[Muddy Ground]

CRC do them for £39.99, so you could save some wedge there. Personally I wouldn't bother as you're not going to get much of an improvement. But then again £40 isn't so much of a gamble is it?!

MG

 

[abo]

How about the XCR-LO's?

 

[Cyclist33]

flog the apollo and get a better bike?

stu