Putting a suspension fork on a fixed fork bike

[Crackle]

my present fork has an axle to crown length of 400mm both the rst fork and the rockshox are 470mm so what do you think too much? I am thinking it is essentially going to be used as a flat barred touring bike so the extra stability may be handy with all the camera gear I carr

That's a lot. it's going to change your position on the bike substantially and as said, you would need to know the rake/offset as well which is potentially harder to figure out but should be available in the new fork specs. Just stick your bike on a block as a starter and see how it feels with the bars up so high, you can at least start to get a flavour.

I notice they do a similar model with a Suntour swing fork. Would the fitting of such a fork to your own bike not work? I would imagine if it works on one frame it'll work on yours as they are both the belt drive version and seem to be the same geometry

 

[Crackle]

It wont' be quite so much actually, take about 25% off for suspension sag but still higher.

 

[rowan 46]

Cheers crackle I did look at the swingshock but I haven't found a good review of them yet also nobody seems to have figured out a way of putting mudguards on them

 

[ChrisEyles]

I'm with @Crackle, 470mm is a bit of a risk. I'd be looking for something around 450mm if you're going for 100mm travel, or ideally a little shorter for less travel. I'm afraid I'm no use whatsoever on the currently available options.... but if you wanted to go 2nd hand and a bit retro sus forks did use to be a bit shorter than they are now.

I do quite like the look of the swingshock forks though.

 

[Crackle]

Cheers crackle I did look at the swingshock but I haven't found a good review of them yet also nobody seems to have figured out a way of putting mudguards on them

It's an intriguing idea, so I was looking at it on Google and did find a picture which shows how the mudguard would attach at the top, you need to screw it in directly and of course it has eyes for the lower bits, so a mudguard looks do'able

Almost certainly it's not going to be as good as a trekking fork but you may or may not get away with a trekking fork. RST do a similar single shock fork

 

[keithmac]

I was eying up the Suntour Swing for my Gtec, they don't look too bad for road use.

I bought a Suntour NCX suspension seatpost and the quality was top notch, very impressed with it!.