[Monkeybidnezz]

http://nsmb.com/gear/rockshox07_06_06.php

The new forks look nice, but I'll admit I was a bit surprised when I read the review.

Ok, I'm all about upgrading and I actually liked my 04 Boxxer Team but talk about sticker shock...2 of the 3 featured SC forks are going for close to $1000 bones.

Anyway, the forks do look nice but personally based on looks alone the Zokes and Fox offerings are much more attractive IMO.

End of rant...not purpose intended ...ppffft.

 

[vitox]

anyone understand the 2step solo air and care to explain it to me?

i cant quite see how that dial would affect anything, at least not from looking at the drawing...

 

[bdamschen]

Dang. When their pricepoint fork is $530, I have to start looking elsewhere no matter how cool their line up is.

 

[zmtber]

so you won't be able to get mission control in the boxxer, i just think having the ind. high and low speed compression would be nice.

but its seem like the boxxer line isn't changing

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

the top end totem looks pretty cool...esp in a 1.5...

 

[dropmachine]

Psssst....its been on DM for at least 5 days now too.

 

[dropmachine]

anyone understand the 2step solo air and care to explain it to me?

i cant quite see how that dial would affect anything, at least not from looking at the drawing...

I am going to do an article on he new system, but heres a quicky.

Basically its a liquid all travel system. Fully open, the all-travel spacers are replaced by 2.5 weight oil, that sits at the bottom of the cart. Turn it to short travel, and it goes to the top.

Sneaky stuff indeed.

 

[TheInedibleHulk]

40mm boxxer...???? Please?

 

[frorider]

The Totem OnePointFive is a seriously stiff fork, even moreso than the 1 1/8" version. It's 20% stiffer under bending loads, and 10% under torsional loads than its less-girthy brother. It's also 90g lighter.

Yet again, more evidence that the PR/Marketing clowns at Marzocchi who crusaded against 1.5 ST and HT hadn't talked to their engineers (or had, but ignored them in the interests of pretending that a competitor had not come up with a good idea).

Fortunately, despite Marzocchi's propaganda war, there are more and more frame builders using 1.5 HTs for the frame advantages, regardless of what fork ST is used.

 

[pepe]

Looks very cool, but super spendy. I'll stick with Zoke for now.

 

[DirtyDog]

Totem Pole LOL. They need to hire Fox's marketing and design staff.

 

[Bicyclist]

Those look really nice. MMM, a Demo 7 w/ a Totem.

 

[Superdeft]

Like that

 

[DHS]

um... "The inset dial on the top of the low-speed knob, and the low-speed knob itself, make up the Floodgate switch"
so this missioncontrol knob is just the floodgate knob. k...

 

[SBDHrida]

40 mill. stansions on a single crown? Thats rediculous!

 

[jon-boy]

I want myself a totem pole.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

40 mill. stansions on a single crown? Thats rediculous!

no its brilliant!