Rock Shox is not cool.
how strong is the pike?
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RS is replacing the fork (not that had much choice). They claim that the they've redesigned the arch to address the issue. And they're sending him a Pyslo to use in the interim. Thumbs up for customer service dept, thumbs down to the R&D dept for using consumers as guinea pigs.
just got to play a bit with a pike (some will understand the pun)
it looks realy nice, but the claimed weight is pretty far off
i weighed a pike team, uncut at 2,3 kilos which is 5,1lbs
thats 0,2 lbs more than what i weighed an uncut z150sl at.
otherwise, i think it looks really good, the adjusters are solid, well designed and work (wow).
but the thing that sets this fork apart is the maxle, its just too good to be true and so good that i think all FR thruaxle forks should be made this way, it just puts all the other systems to shame.
i think ill give it a shot, but ill wait for the air version.
it looks realy nice, but the claimed weight is pretty far off
i weighed a pike team, uncut at 2,3 kilos which is 5,1lbs
thats 0,2 lbs more than what i weighed an uncut z150sl at.
otherwise, i think it looks really good, the adjusters are solid, well designed and work (wow).
but the thing that sets this fork apart is the maxle, its just too good to be true and so good that i think all FR thruaxle forks should be made this way, it just puts all the other systems to shame.
i think ill give it a shot, but ill wait for the air version.
I want the Air version myself. Weight???
thats what i was thinking too.Jm_ said:
I'll tell you when I get mine!!Espen said:
Acadian said:I'll tell you when I get mine!!
luc, is it uturn air or not, need to know if the fork ive always wanted exists or not.
I was thinking about this the other day, and bikes should be engineered to all collapse at once, rather than just the fork breaking, or just the frame. This would be the ideal strength to weight design. I mean, I have seen boxxers brake some burly frames. I think forks are pretty strong.
Anyhow, that may be hard to engineer, I mean harder jobs have been done, but there is not enough money in biking to justify such an engineering fiasco.
So parts are either system engineered like a crappy ford explorer i.e. if this works here, then it must work here also. (SHimano strategy)
Or overly burly and tough (Banshee or sinister)
Anyhow, that may be hard to engineer, I mean harder jobs have been done, but there is not enough money in biking to justify such an engineering fiasco.
So parts are either system engineered like a crappy ford explorer i.e. if this works here, then it must work here also. (SHimano strategy)
Or overly burly and tough (Banshee or sinister)
no...adjustable internally only.vitox said:
syadasti said:Get a Fox 36 - has TALAS - uturn-like air fork - fork you want exists
yea but in my case that would mean probably from 50% to double the $ and more weight, i dont have a slightest chance of wrecking a fork like that unless crashing so to me the light weight, low price and MAXLE (impressive) make the pike coil even a better option than the 36.
I'm going to try and get my dirty hands on one after Interbike. I would love to get either the Team Air or Race Air. The MAXLE is indeed a pretty amazing feature.vitox said:
The 36 is way too much for my 5 Spot.