Fork lockout, is it only me, that never uses it ? – Page 2 – Bike Forum

hughjengin · 2010-02-15T15:30:38Z

I have 140mm fox floats on my trail bike, and 100mm Rebas on my hardtail, and simply never feel the need to lock the front out for climbing, never have unlikely ever will, unless someone here convinces me I am making climbing harder than it needs to be. Under normal fireroad climbing, keeping a nice rhythym in a seated riding position, my forks just dont bob up and down, OK if I got out the saddle and grunted up a super steep technical climb then yes of course theyd be up and down like a fiddlers elbow. Sometimes someone will convince me to lockout on a climb and then say "see its much more efficient and easier locked out isnt it ?" and I respond with "nope, absolutely no difference to me" So is it just me, am I missing something here, with all this lockout malarky ?

Keva

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I use lockout and the floodgate on my rebas & revs. light rider and like to get out the saddle on climbs.

Kev

Posted : 15/02/2010 9:30 pm

clubber

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So, conclusion - some like it, some don't. There's no obvious correlation between who does and doesn't like it.

It's almost like people are different 😉

Posted : 15/02/2010 9:32 pm

chris_mbuk

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blazing saddles, which one of the workers are you then ;p

Posted : 15/02/2010 10:05 pm

trail_rat

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"not bothered about lockout brigade are fat and slow and like to stay in the saddle."

its like you know me !

Posted : 15/02/2010 10:09 pm

njee20

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Being relatively confident of who Blazing Saddles is I would say he's being rather modest there!

Posted : 15/02/2010 10:09 pm

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