| Changing a mountain bicycle fork is a good way of | | | | riders tend to go with coil-sprung forks vs air-sprung |
| upgrading your mountain bicycle. Nowadays, forks | | | | ones. The coils do make the forks heavier, yet less |
| customarily come with suspension systems, to help | | | | at the mercy of damage once the subject of |
| with a bike's handling and maneuverability on rougher | | | | powerful impacts. |
| terrain. Mountain bike forks are classified according to | | | | Freeride or downhill forks are 'double-crown' |
| the technology incorporated in them. Some bike | | | | suspension forks which can move up to ten inches re |
| forks include 4X and Jump suspension forks, Freeride | | | | travel. Plenty of the forks with this technology have |
| / Mountain suspension forks, Freeride / DH forks, XC | | | | coil springs for more sturdiness. Freeride forks also |
| suspension forks, and Cannondale Lefty's. Each kind | | | | enable the user to customize their ride by changing |
| of suspension fork has its own advantages and | | | | the springs, and thus changing travel, which influences |
| disadvantages, and is developed for particular | | | | handling also. However downhill forks shouldn't be |
| surfaces and uses. Significant facets of suspension | | | | employed in cross-country bikes, as these bikes are |
| forks include travel, which is the measurement for | | | | not developed to withstand the pressure these forks |
| the movement of a suspension coil from action to | | | | give. Freeride forks can snap the frames of |
| rest. | | | | cross-country bikes. |
| Jump and 4X forks are typically short travel, | | | | XC cross-country forks sometimes have low degrees |
| coil-sprung forks. The coils move from 80 to a | | | | of travel, and are built for light weight. These |
| hundred millimeters typically and are made to cushion | | | | single-crown suspension forks have, on the average, |
| heavy landings without too much front-end | | | | from 80 to one hundred millimeters of travel. Forks |
| compression, enabling the rider to right away recover | | | | built for cross-country bikes now increasingly utilise air |
| and continue riding. These are stable forks whose | | | | springs, wherein air pressure takes the place of |
| weights are directly in proportion to their durability. | | | | elastometers or springs. Since these already |
| These suspension forks are the most sturdy. | | | | mentioned parts are no longer present or needed, |
| Freeride Lite or Mountain suspension forks travel | | | | the bike's overall weight is lighter. These types of |
| more than cross-country forks, with movement up | | | | suspension forks are also simpler to adjust. However |
| to around 6 inches at maximum. These forks are | | | | some riders and manufacturers still use elastometers |
| expectedly heavier than other fork types, rendering | | | | and coil-sprung forks as these need less upkeep and |
| lockout even more important. With these forks, most | | | | take more punishment than XC cross-country forks. |