Reddit reviews SR Suntour XCR Air Spring MTB Bike Fork 29" White Straight Steerer 1 1/8" Travel 100mm Disc Brake only Manual Lockout OEM Package
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Air Spring; Straight 1 1/8"; Wheel size: 29"; Travel: 100mmManual Lockout; Pitch: 130mm; Disc Brake Only; Tube Diameter: 32mmQR: 9mm axle / Disc only design / 46mm off-set; OEM PackageAlloy Uncut steerer Length (w/o thread): 252mm; Crown to Axle: 518mmRight Side: Hydraulic speed-lock w/ rebound adjust cartridge
You may want to try dialing back the pre-load on your current fork to try and make it a bit plusher. If you've already tried that then I'd want to know how in love with that bike are you? I ask because it sounds like you're starting to "outgrow" it and want to take on more challenging trails. In that case, it will be a lot cheaper to get a more capable hardtail than trying to build your current bike up to take on things it wasn't designed for.
If you want to keep the bike, then I would say try out this 100MM Suntour XCR air. The Suntour you linked will work, but adding 20MM on the fork will change the head angle and slack out the bike. This could make the bike feel better, or it will make it steer like garbage and potentially stress the head tube enough to snap off.
Get at least a Air Fork.
he cheapest I'd recommend that would be a good improvement would be something like the:
Suntour XCR Air fork: https://www.amazon.com/SR-Suntour-Spring-Manual-Lockout/dp/B00VHDIZHO
You can also look at Rockshox entry level stuff.
RockShox Recon Silver, RockShox XC30 Gold.
I'll be honest though. I am all for upgrading bikes, I did it myself to a Diamondback Overdrive I had, but this bike I incredibly low end. If your looking into getting into MTB singletrack you would probably be better off looking for a used hardtail with better components. For real off road use you want to get your groupset upgraded to something more durable as well like Deore or better. Ideally something with 10 speed drivetrain or 9 at the lowest.