Hi all, I am new to the world of mountain bikes. I was given a silverfox bigfoot attitude by my half brother, who left the bike at the bottom of my dads garden for 3 years. The bike frame is good, wheels are good, brakes (disks front and rear) are ok now i've serviced them, the chain is a gonner as is the freewheel and front cogs. They are easily sorted, but my main issue is the forks. The stantions are quite badly rusted, so i reckon they need replacing.
And so to my questions;
Is there a cheap replacement for them? I'm not interested in super dooper forks or anything that needs a lot of looking after.
Are the forks a standard size? (stantion diameter, distance between wheel connections(?) length, that sort of stuff)
Can these 'downhill' type forks, be changed for the more common looking forks with suspension, the type with the single top stem?
Thanks everyone
And so to my questions;
Is there a cheap replacement for them? I'm not interested in super dooper forks or anything that needs a lot of looking after.
Are the forks a standard size? (stantion diameter, distance between wheel connections(?) length, that sort of stuff)
Can these 'downhill' type forks, be changed for the more common looking forks with suspension, the type with the single top stem?
Thanks everyone