I need information to adapt suspension forks to my Riverside cruiser

Gibsonvair · Mar 26, 2014

I want to put suspension forks on my Schwinn Riverside. The steerer tube is 1". I know there are forks on the market, but I don't really know where to start looking. Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks in advance, Steve Gibson.

runnermike · Mar 26, 2014

I just searched ebay. You will find a lot of forks there. But 1" May be hard to find in suspension. Unless you go with a monark fork. Are you wanting something like a downhill mountain bike suspension fork or pitbike fork?

maniac57 · Mar 26, 2014

I find them on parts bikes. Yard sales, thrift stores, goodwill, etc. all have tons of cheap bikes. Look for the girls bikes for better prices.

runnermike · Mar 26, 2014

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-RST-dua.../251486843607?pt=US_Forks&hash=item3a8dc8b2d7

I have used these before and loved them. They are 1 1/8 but you can press out the steerer tube like I did and press in a 1" steerer tube. RST sells those as well. Just search ebay...

Moisstink · Apr 2, 2014

I have these on my Schwinn and like em alot. They are available off and on through amazon. Not sure why they are out of stock but if you catch them instock I think I have seen them as low as 139.00 shipped. They will take the extra wide tires as well.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008ZTM7PY/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

silverbear · Apr 2, 2014

There are a lot of nice used moped suspension forks that will work. Good quality and reasonable. Check the length of the tube it will fit in to make sure the fork tube is long enough, but not too crazy long. A little extra length can be taken up with shims (washers) from a donor bike if need be.
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