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I see them on a lot of low spec bikes. I've never used them, so no idea about performance, but...steel stanchions and living on the coast (you are in Cairns yeah?) is a bad idea. I and a few friends ran RS domains a long time ago and we all scored surface rust without there being any obvious issue with the coating. Sure that was a whole ago and the tech had improved and maybe it isn't a potential issue anymore. But...forks are too expensive to take that risk for me.The Recon are what comes with the fully built bike, I listed them as a guide to see if I can build with better components than that.
RS can't be saving that much money to make it worthwhile? I reckon it is a deliberate planned obsolescence.
Also there is currently a lot of wheels on sale at cycling deal, many with novatec hubs. The custom build could be a reality if you score frame fork and wheel for a good price. You are100% against 27.5? How big of a rear cassette do you want?