Who sells MTB's not made for suspension forks? - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

06-26-2004, 09:31 PM

I'm thinking about maybe retiring my 10 year old mountain bike (which I use
for commuting), since a lot of components could really use replacing now and
it will probably be cheaper to replace the whole thing.

The bike was made the last year that Mongoose was selling the bikes without
suspension forks and the geometry is specific to having no suspension fork.
I love the geometry of the whole bike.. it's a 16" frame I think too. I've
tried modern mountain bikes and hate the geometry of them. I find suspension
forks to be useless when commuting (i'd rather hit on occasional bone-jarrer
than pogo around the streets), unless the tech has really changed since my
Mag 21 I had. I also don't like the riser bars or anything on modern mtbs...

I've looked at lots of brands and I can't find anything with the geometry
I'd like. Maybe I'm missing something? Or maybe I should just spend the cash
and replace all the things that need replacing on my bike (rims are REALLY
worn from years of MTB racing, chainrings were gone 2 years ago, cassette,
cassette body.. etc. headset is missing a seal too).

Frame materials don't really matter to me, I can't really tell the
difference. Component wise, I'm perfectly happy with my 10 year old XT 7s
rapidfire system, so I'm sure anything in the deore range would be fine. I'd
just want something that will last equally as long anyways..

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