[Closed] Some things I just don't get...

TBH I have only ever bought one set of forks new, and they were half price in the sale. If prices keep going up like they do, more and more people are just going to buy second hand, which will surely hurt sales figures of new forks..

For me it's easy: if enough people stop buying new, prices will have to come down (or 2nd hand prices go up, which I hope won't happen).

not sure why second hand forks would be on the Market in the first place though, unless people were buying new ones? 😕

[b]Motion control to blackbox is a pretty big difference performance wise.[/b] And it's not the only change- look at today's Revelation vs 2007's, as well as the improved damping you can get a 150mm fork with a maxle in it that's lighter than the 2007 130mm fork with a quick release in it.

Mind you I only paid £300 for my Teams so no wonder I'm not complaining about prices

Congratulations, you've been sucked in by the marketing department. Perfect example.

The reality is, "motion control to blackbox" makes f-ck all difference, 99.999% of the time.

But the marketing departments don't want you to think that 😉

For the record, I have: 1st gen Fox 36s TALAS (2006 - brown ones) - £100 posted; mk1 Monsters (1999) - £80 posted, and 200x (can't remember year - around 04/05?) Marzocchi AM's - £60 posted.

£10 says they work just as well as your £1000 forks 😉

loddrik - Member
TBH I have only ever bought one set of forks new, and they were half price in the sale. If prices keep going up like they do, more and more people are just going to buy second hand, which will surely hurt sales figures of new forks..
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again. I can't see how this situation would be sustainable. Where's all the second hand forks coming from if we all stopped buying new ones?

Munqe-chick, more expensive isn't the same as unaffordable. Clearly £750 forks aren't unaffordable, loads of people buy them instead of Suntour XCRs for £60.

xiphon - Member

Congratulations, you've been sucked in by the marketing department. Perfect example.

The reality is, "motion control to blackbox" makes f-ck all difference, 99.999% of the time.

For a long time I was running a BB fork on one bike and a moco on the other, the difference is pretty unmissable as soon as the fork starts working for its living. I'm sure some people can't tell the difference, then again, some people can't tell when they've got a flat tyre either.