MartsEbike
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Riding up hills.I liked what you wrote but you certainly will agree with me the road or a bike path is not an off-road downhill trail? What is the full-suspension lockout for?
Riding up hills.I liked what you wrote but you certainly will agree with me the road or a bike path is not an off-road downhill trail? What is the full-suspension lockout for?
I liked what you wrote but you certainly will agree with me the road or a bike path is not an off-road downhill trail? What is the full-suspension lockout for?
I thought British e-bikes were limited to 15.5 mph?I think up to around 30mph you can get away without it, but if you ride over 30mph, you really need suspension because you hit the bumps so much harder.
Haha Our gov still requires someone to wave a red flag in front of you!I thought British e-bikes were limited to 15.5 mph?
(a joke!)
Maintenance on suspension forks that aren’t on pure e-mtbs is a nightmare. Their often low quality even on higher end but unreliable brands like Stromer.What is this "maintenance" you speak of?![]()
What is this "maintenance" you speak of?![]()
Yep... The difference between proper suspension and the pogo sticks found on many bikes is like night and day, but it does come at a price.Maintenance on suspension forks that aren’t on pure e-mtbs is a nightmare. Their often low quality even on higher end but unreliable brands like Stromer.
Quality suspension forks are in the range of $800-$1200. What is fitted in urban e-bikes is generally not good unless the e-bike brand has great warranty and customer support and stands by their product like Trek, Specialized or Giant.
Yeah me too.... I give them a check over now and then but if its feeling good, then its good to go.I have two thousand miles on my full air suspension eMTB and have never done a bit of maintenance aside from wiping them off after a muddy ride.
Probably this is bad advice. But no issues here.
"Sure, I'd love an expensive state of the art, rebound adjustable front fork in a perfect world"Sorry, not buying into this-
"Also don't forget, non air type require maintenance."
I could agree on a few advantages, like the non air type weight, but the need for maintenance? Sorry.... They're the same where I come from.
And the pogo sticks are all some of us need. Sure, I'd love an expensive state of the art, rebound adjustable front fork in a perfect world. Not saying they're no better than my one step above fixed pogo sticks. Only that my pogo sticks are easy to justify for my riding 'druthers. Not everyone "needs" an expensive downhill fork.....
Nicely said! In my younger years, I did some shock work on snowmobiles, quads, and dirt bikes. A little tuning there made a huge difference! Air is nice, but unless something has changed recently, any thought of them needing less maintenance (vs. all hydraulic) is born in fantasy land....Forum needs some Fact checking.
Stromer ST3/5 use WREN forks. WREN manufactures the BEST inverted forks on the market today. Their offerings are very high end trail forks.
What Stromer uses is pretty much their trail forks modified for less travel. It has very beefy stanchions(you find this thickness on downhill forks), same adjustability (It loses the second chamber which was functioning as an adjustable token however at a short travel this is not a big problem) and let's internal cable routing. For a high speed pedellec there is nothing on the market that is remotely close to this fork, period.
A couple of important advantages of wren inverted forks are:
1. The unsprung weight is significantly less compared to regular forks which improves control.
2. They require much less maintenance and they are much less susceptible to outside elements since gravity push these away from the seals unlike regular forks.
We should also check what other speed pedellecs have:
1. Specialized turbo Vado 6.0, SR Suntour NCX E25, 50mm of travel. Basically a COIL only, hybrid bike fork. It is pretty much one of the cheapest suntour offerings around. You can find this level of forks on $500 hybrid bikes.
2. Allant 7s, SR Suntour Mobie25, coil spring. Similar to NCX, can take wider tires but in terms of capability it is more or less the same.
Not only these are not on par with entry level decent mtb forks but also they are the cheaper Coil versions of their respective models. If we are going to talk about "pogo sticks" these two would be two prime examples of such suspension forks.
A word on maintenance. Higher quality MTB's forks are built for reliability on the trails. They can take a lot of abuse etc. while improving your control significantly. However maintenance intervals will completely depend on how the bike is ridden. You may need to rebuild a fork after 50hours on a trail yet it may last ten times more that on the roads, mild terrain.