if you have 120 on the rear you definitely want 80 on the front, no question..a good set of Suntour XCvds, with rotational flex and carbin struts..
Forks are a very personal thing..its like Coke or Pepsi..and unless you have put thousands of ks into cycling then how the **** are you going to know.
Theres loads of experts here that swear by one or the other..but riddle me this..if your Rockshox break, well you have to jump through a few hoops..if your Fox forks break , well you only have to scoot down to Crumlin.
There are no official RockShox service agents on this island apparently.
Rebas are lovely XC forks but so are Fox 100s..i've used different versions of both and my verdict is..
if they are set up properly they are fabulous, if they are not, neither are any use !!
but then we're back to the man behind the machine but that can't be right !!
"I read in a magazine some guff written by a man I've never seen in a land far away on a test bike used once."
Why would you listen to somebody who rides his bikes(s) everyday with crowds of other people !
I reckon i've ridden more different bikes than anybody in the whole world and I think Black or White bikes are the best..though Black and White bikes have better rolling resistance.
ia good set of Suntour XCvds, with rotational flex and carbin struts..
Sam Hill used to use those forks before he was made use Fox forks by his sponsors... I can't remember but I read it somewhere once on a popular internered forum online magazine website
Coke and Pepsi, great idea, we need to do a 'blind trail test', 2 bikes, one with Rockshox and Fox, blindfold the rider and launch him down the EWOKs, see if he can tell the difference or knows his name after.
I've used both Fox & Reba Race forks on XC race bikes and kept them both well maintained and they both did a great job, the poor 80mm Rebas took an awful battering on 3rock and still held strong
The Fox's did well until the poxy bike was stolen, stinking Killaloe pikey f**ks....
..which reminds me - do you know what's really funny? - getting your bike stolen at a race, then buying a new one, then being at another race soon after and having "Blasted Byrne The Baddest B*llox" taking your bike and hiding it behind a tree and you nearly having a poxy heart-attack thinking your new bike had been stolen....:mad:
anyways, BBTBB's point re; local support for servicing is well worth bearing in mind
They may be the same price to buy, but factor in the cost of postage of RockShox to and from their service centre
I also think OC Tuning would be better priced on servicing, but then I would say that, them being a MAD sponsor n' all ...
Cost of postage... I wouldn't worry about that at all when it comes to buying forks.. in fact I wouldn't even consider it..
If you have a Rockshox fork and want it serviced by a 'Rockshox Service Centre'.. then send it to MBW in Galway.. postage works out at around â¬8 for a 2.5kg parcel (which is lot heavier than any Reba)
Alternatively I can service them fully.. including bushing replacement etc.. I haven't had a set yet that I haven't been able to service or fix... The Bikerack in Cabinteely can service them too.. along with numerous other places around the country..
Also you can service Rockshox yourself quite easily if your handy with a spanner.. which is a big selling point for me & one of the reasons why I prefer Rockshox over Fox... and now with the new Fox FIT dampers all Fox forks have to be serviced by a Fox dealer.. you have no choice..
For me choosing a fork is about performance.. both do that very well indeed..
Again I prefer a dual air Rockshox fork as the adjustability and tune-ability is second to none IMO.. I can set up a Rockshox fork exactly the way I want it.. I've never been able to get a Fox fork exactly 100% the way I want it.. I've found Fox to be a case of like it, live with it or leave it.. but the newer stuff could be different... I haven't tried any..
Consider things like do they both have lock out? Do they have a remote lock out? What features does one fork have over the other? What weight are they? Do they have bolt through or QR dropouts? etc.. etc..
To start off the Fox F100 RL will only have Rebound and Lockout adjustments..
A Reba will have both rebound, lockout and compression adjustments as standard even on the basic models..
For me its Rockshox all the way, hands down, no contest..!
I forgot I did that Fergal !!!
Rockshox it is so, Gerry is never, never wrong !!
Never, ever.
Rockshox, Sram, Dunnes Stores, Pepsi, French cars..theres your choice right there..choose anything else and your head will fall out of your bum !!
I've seen it happen !!
if you have 120 on the rear you definitely want 80 on the front, no question..a good set of Suntour XCvds, with rotational flex and carbin struts..
Forks are a very personal thing..its like Coke or Pepsi..and unless you have put thousands of ks into cycling then how the **** are you going to know.
Theres loads of experts here that swear by one or the other..but riddle me this..if your Rockshox break, well you have to jump through a few hoops..if your Fox forks break , well you only have to scoot down to Crumlin.
There are no official RockShox service agents on this island apparently.
Rebas are lovely XC forks but so are Fox 100s..i've used different versions of both and my verdict is..
if they are set up properly they are fabulous, if they are not, neither are any use !!
but then we're back to the man behind the machine but that can't be right !!
"I read in a magazine some guff written by a man I've never seen in a land far away on a test bike used once."
Why would you listen to somebody who rides his bikes(s) everyday with crowds of other people !
I reckon i've ridden more different bikes than anybody in the whole world and I think Black or White bikes are the best..though Black and White bikes have better rolling resistance.
ia good set of Suntour XCvds, with rotational flex and carbin struts..
Sam Hill used to use those forks before he was made use Fox forks by his sponsors... I can't remember but I read it somewhere once on a popular internered forum online magazine website
Coke and Pepsi, great idea, we need to do a 'blind trail test', 2 bikes, one with Rockshox and Fox, blindfold the rider and launch him down the EWOKs, see if he can tell the difference or knows his name after.
I've used both Fox & Reba Race forks on XC race bikes and kept them both well maintained and they both did a great job, the poor 80mm Rebas took an awful battering on 3rock and still held strong
The Fox's did well until the poxy bike was stolen, stinking Killaloe pikey f**ks....
..which reminds me - do you know what's really funny? - getting your bike stolen at a race, then buying a new one, then being at another race soon after and having "Blasted Byrne The Baddest B*llox" taking your bike and hiding it behind a tree and you nearly having a poxy heart-attack thinking your new bike had been stolen....:mad:
anyways, BBTBB's point re; local support for servicing is well worth bearing in mind
They may be the same price to buy, but factor in the cost of postage of RockShox to and from their service centre
I also think OC Tuning would be better priced on servicing, but then I would say that, them being a MAD sponsor n' all ...
Cost of postage... I wouldn't worry about that at all when it comes to buying forks.. in fact I wouldn't even consider it..
If you have a Rockshox fork and want it serviced by a 'Rockshox Service Centre'.. then send it to MBW in Galway.. postage works out at around â¬8 for a 2.5kg parcel (which is lot heavier than any Reba)
Alternatively I can service them fully.. including bushing replacement etc.. I haven't had a set yet that I haven't been able to service or fix... The Bikerack in Cabinteely can service them too.. along with numerous other places around the country..
Also you can service Rockshox yourself quite easily if your handy with a spanner.. which is a big selling point for me & one of the reasons why I prefer Rockshox over Fox... and now with the new Fox FIT dampers all Fox forks have to be serviced by a Fox dealer.. you have no choice..
For me choosing a fork is about performance.. both do that very well indeed..
Again I prefer a dual air Rockshox fork as the adjustability and tune-ability is second to none IMO.. I can set up a Rockshox fork exactly the way I want it.. I've never been able to get a Fox fork exactly 100% the way I want it.. I've found Fox to be a case of like it, live with it or leave it.. but the newer stuff could be different... I haven't tried any..
Consider things like do they both have lock out? Do they have a remote lock out? What features does one fork have over the other? What weight are they? Do they have bolt through or QR dropouts? etc.. etc..
To start off the Fox F100 RL will only have Rebound and Lockout adjustments..
A Reba will have both rebound, lockout and compression adjustments as standard even on the basic models..
For me its Rockshox all the way, hands down, no contest..!
I forgot I did that Fergal !!!
Rockshox it is so, Gerry is never, never wrong !!
Never, ever.
Rockshox, Sram, Dunnes Stores, Pepsi, French cars..theres your choice right there..choose anything else and your head will fall out of your bum !!
I've seen it happen !!