Floyd, The combo that I like on a VIVO is a Pantour front and stock rear. The older VIVO with the
Cane Creek AD-5 and the Ballistic fork was in my opinion superior to the current one. However the
latter was close to 2K vice what $1395? for the one you have. I have ridden a VIVO with a ROCKET
fork up front with and without a Pantour. The Pantour smoothed out the frontend on fast downhills
and the frontend pogo was gone on climbs. I guess if the roads I ride on were bad I'd give more
thought to suspended bents.
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Jude....///Bacchetta AERO St. Michaels and Tilghman Island.. Maryland Wheel Doctor Cycle and Sports,
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> Are you using the MEKS on a Vivo, and if so, do you have any "nose bob" at all? Did you have any
> before going to the MEKS? The RST fork used on the 2002 Vivo is apparently not bad for a 130 lb.
> person. I'm 195 and have
the
> stiffest springs in the fork, but it's still too soft (maybe not for off-road riding). There is no
> pre-load adjustment on this fork and no damping mechanism at all. I suppose I could obtain some
> additional pieces of the elastomer rods used in the fork and stuff those in, limiting the
> compression of the springs that way.
>
>
> "Mark Evans" <
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> > Floyd: I use the MEKS and it is great, but I can understand if you think it is
to
> > expensive. Two things to try short of replacing your fork, one, work on a smother
> pedal
> > stroke, and, two, if the fork used on the 2002 has a preload adj. try tighten it up a bit, with
> > a high preload the shock will not work as well
> for
> > small bumps but will still soak up the potholes you don't see.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > "Floyd Sense" <
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> > > I've been riding a 2002 Vivo for 10 months now and am satisfied with
my
> > > current setup except for the pronounced "nose bob" that occurs when
> > cranking
> > > up a hill. Since 99.9% of my riding is on hard surface roads, I'm
> > thinking
> > > about other fork options. One thought was to try a standard
unsuspended
> > > fork as used on the Rocket. The other option was to try a suspended
> fork,
> > > such as a MEKS, that has some sort of damping action, but that's a
> rather
> > > expensive experiment. Has anyone else experimented with other forks
on
> > this
> > > bike and what would you suggest?
> > >
> > > FS in Angier, NC
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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