New Suntour trekking fork

[anotherkiwi]

https://www.bike24.com/1.php?content=8;product=61755;menu=1000,2,92;mid=0;pgc=0

https://static.bike24.com/i/p/5/5/61755_00_c.jpg

Has anybody seen or experienced one of these in the wild?

1.4 kg I like, more discrete than a suspension fork and going by the oil marks on my current fork 30 mm is plenty of travel.

And the price is right compared to the RST mono shock.

 

[KeithMac]

Looks nice!. I just wonder how well the pivot will stand up to wear in the long term (oil shocks are self lubricating).

 

[dgncsk]

i have one of these. i am not happy with it totally. it wobbles under braking. it is hard to explain. it feels like it is loose sideways. when you try to turn steering slightly and if you use front brake, it wobbles like you forgot to tighten bolts on it. even in tightest setting you cant overcome this. only exception is the child seat and my daughter sitting on it in front of me. when there is load on suspension it acts like normal suspension forks for city bikes. good desing but bad engineering i guess. i put 2 washers to tighten more it helped but it did not cure.

 

[anotherkiwi]

Are you using a disk brake? I read that rim brakes don't have that problem.

 

[dgncsk]

yes i have disk brake.

 

[Trevormonty]

Spend a bit more and get best trekking for fork there is.

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