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Yes fork suspension still works. The frame cleaned up beautifully, titanium bead blasted matt finish.
The chainset, cassette, gear shifters will be straightforward enough to replace, I’m still contemplating whether this 29er should become a gravel frankenbike, I was never a hardcore mountain biker. All I need are some off road trails in the Essex/Hertfordshire lanes.. and a pair of 29 x 2.0 gravel tires. If that works then I may replace full suspension for CX forks / disk brake and leave this thread to the true MTBers on the forum
2012 purchase.. has sat in the former matrimonial home (garden) since this morning, no riding, no cleaning, nada.. needs some tlc, thorough service and some simple updates like SRAM GX 1x11 groupset, then off to discover trails at my ends..
Brakes still work, battery powered front light stills work, lol
My ex clearly doesn’t know what the frame is worth.. just picked it up two hours ago.