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Anyone had any experience with these?
I expect the performance will be poor and they will weigh a fair bit. May be better for a child to have a rigid fork and a bike that weighs less.
You'd be better off looking for some SH air sprung forks if they really do need suspension because of how & what they're riding.
They're apparently 3.8 lbs (for a 20") which will just weigh a kids' bike down.
http://www.rst.com.tw/en/ProductInfo.aspx?PID=33
I've been looking for some decent rigid 20" forks to replace those RST's for a while now. The RST's are very heavy and not very good.
Bmx forks are too short, may even resort to getting some 26" forks cut and welded.
At FoD the other week I saw the most awesome kids bike ever. He had a set of single crown Marzocchi Shivers that were converted into a pair of mini dual crown forks, amazing!
John
dirtmountainbike.com/news/young-rippers-bikes-harry-barretts-j-tech-suspension-scott-spark.html#!59CqA
Smething like this!
Check Spinner's 20 Air.
Available off places like alibaba if you're brave.
Actually quite functional.. although they only use half the stanction length to achieve the 60mm travel.
If moneys no object then MRP's Rustler is your best bet.
My son has some on his 24" bike. Not the greatest forks, but for someone who weighs 25 Kg they're okay - they take the sting out of things, damping is non existent, but they've held up so far to a year and a half of riding.