Marin Palisides Trail - new elastomers or change the forks?

[Booney]

Only place I can find new elastomers is in the US and so with shipping the price won't be whole lot less than a new set of forks!

EG: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RockShox-Dart ... 503wt_1061

I know it's not keeping the bike original, which could be a sin to some, but in terms of performance for my money does it make sense to do a complete fork change?
I have to ask because I've not ridden anything more up to date than this '97 bike!


Booney

 

[Whatleymeister]

For me, it would depend on the fork. A nice Manitou or something would, in my eyes, be worth renovating and bringing back to life. A low end mid-late 90's rst fork , however, would just be swapped out.

There is a thread on here somewhere that is to organise a bulk purchase of elastomers to bring shipping costs down. However, my work internet browser doesnt support the search facility on here (its IE6, well out of date but I cant update it or I would have linked you to it!) so have a little search for that, might make it more feasible to get new ealstomers that way.

good luck!

 

[PopsTrippin]

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=187209

Rich

 

[Booney]

Thanks guys
I've pm'd Ringo whose organising the purchase and if it's sensible I'll go for the new elastomers. Even though they are a low-end RST 381 I will still find a significant improvement and for a lot less money than a total fork replacement.


Booney