New forks on old bike

[gareth h]

I've got an old Kona AA which is fitted with rockshock judys, I'd like to upgrade the forks but bit concerned that all the new forks are long travel and will effect the way the bike rides, anybody have experiance of this?
Ta

[pdV6]

Most mid- to high-end modern forks can be restricted to 80mm if that's what you need.

Saying that, you can just leave them at the longer setting but set them up to give a load more initial sag to correct the geometry.

Edited by pdV6 on Wednesday 29th August 15:46

[LRdriver II]

yep.. its a nightmare, even forks that have 80/100mm travel have an annoyingly high crown. so measure your forks from the drop out upto the lower fork headset crown race and you have something compare with.

[horza]

I used to have an old Zaskar that had the original GT 2X4 forks and I decided to stick a set of short travel SIDs on it.

It handled like an absolute pig!

I'd try and find some nice retro forks or try the saggy modern idea.