Don't shoot me down in flames but.....

[fattiman]

It would seem that having a yo eddy with suspension forks is frowned upon and that for one to be considered worthy of praise it must wear the FAT rigid fork!? However in 1994 when my Yo was built suspension was all the rage and a must have, I certainly wanted some forks with bounce and ended up with some rock shox. I can understand rigid forks on earlier Yo's built before the suspension revolution but I think suspension fork builds should be given the same respect as rigid

 

[clockworkgazz]

Nothing wrong with bounce, you are right we all wanted it back in 93-94 (not sure why as they were pretty crappy) but I think a yo looks better with the BIO fork and that is why folks tend to like it more, same with a dekerf frame- looks better with the rigid fork but Im sure it works better with some bounce to.

 

[cherrybomb]

(not sure why as they were pretty crappy)

We were young and reckless and knew no different.

I just think that steel framed bikes look a little out of balance with (relatively) fat legged suspension forks, but that's how most of us rode them.

 

[fattiman]

I think that Judy's are in proportion with the Yo's tubing so they look fine in that respect.

 

[FMJ]

Nothing wrong with bounce, you are right we all wanted it back in 93-94 (not sure why as they were pretty crappy) but I think a yo looks better with the BIO fork and that is why folks tend to like it more, same with a dekerf frame- looks better with the rigid fork but Im sure it works better with some bounce to.

When my friend bought his (my) Mountain from Chris in 93 it came with a colour matched Mag 21.

 

[M-Power]

Segmented forks look beautiful but I'm looking forward to sticking a period Manitou on mine, as offered by FCC bitd Period sus forks are fine for XC riding.

 

[ti_pin_man]

yeah, get some paint shop to colour match and jobs a good un. At the end of the day it is not the forums bike, it is yours, ignore the naysayers and do what you want.

 

[Logic.Al]

Nowt wrong with suspension forks on a Fat. They came with custom painted ones anyway. But then I'd have quite happily painted my Carbon Flash in Klein colours just to annoy the Klein fanboys

 

[oliverracing]

go for it - I actually think they look quite nice with suspension!

 

[ridevintagemtb]

There's an identical thread on Fatcogs. I think it comes down to the question of, what do you want to get out of the bike? I've seen a lot of chatter on this site (and others) about people wanting that "look and feel" of an old bike but without the penalty of a rigid fork or the poor performance of cantilever brakes. Etc, etc.

Ultimately, you can't turn a donkey into a racehorse no matter how much hay you feed it. By putting a suspension fork on an old Yo, you're sacrificing everything that's great about the bike, like the aesthetics and ride quality of the Yo fork which compliments the great geometry of the frame. This is a worse travesty with a vintage suspension fork because the loss of the steering capabilities of the fork will far outweigh any gains made by the shitty suspension.

Own a Yo (or any old bike for that matter) and ride it rigid and accept and appreciate the ride quality for what it is. Own a suspended, modern bike for comfort.