I'm looking at replacing a rigid fork with a simple suss one for the cheaper ebike, butr options are a bit thin on the ground.
No1 choice would be the rockshox Paragon gold RL but it seems those are all in Germany, and getting a hold of one UK side is difficult and they seem for the most part to be unavailable.
Outwith that we have RST.
RST, now theres a name from the past
who'd have thunk RST was still going and incredibly still making suss forks, although they seem consigned to making cheaper suss forks, which is a bit sad as they did some interesting things in the early 90's, including the mozo pro which was ahead of the day. But it is what it is I suppose, and at least theyre still going.
In RST theres a few. The Volant, the Viva, the Neon, and possibly a couple of others.
Price wise the RST look to be available in reduced prices, so thats a possible, just have to work out which is best and go with that as the RS seems to be a not possible to source easily option.
Plus like the RS, many of the RST are coated stanchions, which means no rust will form if you neglect it a bit
Suntour - #See dustbin.
Anyone got or using the RS paragon ? Only really available in the EU, but I would happily pay the higher price, the wait time and added custom charges if it was getting a good review.
Outside of that it will probably be an RST. Ultra basic, and i dont expect it to be very responsive, but at least its not going to rust. And its easier to get a 50mm travel, the RS do 50, but only seems to be 65mm about or available.
So what are you riding ? is it one of the above. Like to hear how you're getting on with it.
No1 choice would be the rockshox Paragon gold RL but it seems those are all in Germany, and getting a hold of one UK side is difficult and they seem for the most part to be unavailable.
Outwith that we have RST.
RST, now theres a name from the past
who'd have thunk RST was still going and incredibly still making suss forks, although they seem consigned to making cheaper suss forks, which is a bit sad as they did some interesting things in the early 90's, including the mozo pro which was ahead of the day. But it is what it is I suppose, and at least theyre still going.In RST theres a few. The Volant, the Viva, the Neon, and possibly a couple of others.
Price wise the RST look to be available in reduced prices, so thats a possible, just have to work out which is best and go with that as the RS seems to be a not possible to source easily option.
Plus like the RS, many of the RST are coated stanchions, which means no rust will form if you neglect it a bit
Suntour - #See dustbin.
Anyone got or using the RS paragon ? Only really available in the EU, but I would happily pay the higher price, the wait time and added custom charges if it was getting a good review.
Outside of that it will probably be an RST. Ultra basic, and i dont expect it to be very responsive, but at least its not going to rust. And its easier to get a 50mm travel, the RS do 50, but only seems to be 65mm about or available.
So what are you riding ? is it one of the above. Like to hear how you're getting on with it.
