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Conference noted::bicycle

Title:	Bicycling
Notice:	Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:	JAMIN::WASSER

Created:	Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3214
Total number of notes:	31946

1684.0. "ROCK SHOX" by EVTAI1::REMIGEREAU () Fri Aug 03 1990 07:26

Who has tried the fork 'ROCK SHOX'?
Do you think it's a pure gadget or does it really help?

I have heard that a second generation of fork 'ROCK SHOX' is gonna be released.
Any idea of what it could be?

Thank you.

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1684.1 Almost bought 'em LACV01::DAVIDSON Have gun...will travel Mon Aug 06 1990 16:01 17

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1684.1	Almost bought 'em	LACV01::DAVIDSON	Have gun...will travel	`Mon Aug 06 1990 16:01`	17
	I was very interested in ROCK SHOX for my CR7. My riding doesn't include a lot of killer downhill but does include lots of irregular terrain. What I didn't like: $350 price tag, extra weight being carried in the front end of the bike, complexity which I might not be able to fix on the trail, additional front brake cable which would add a bit of "squishy" feel. I compromised with: FLEXSTEM 90 with standard "pads", aluminum straight bars, GOOD foam grips, PANNARACER 2.1 tires run at 35 lbs. For the bucks I feel very comfortable with this solution. The larger tires were the greatest improvement and the stem was the hardest thing to get used too. bob

    I was very interested in ROCK SHOX for my CR7.  My riding doesn't
    include a lot of killer downhill but does include lots of irregular
    terrain.
    
    What I didn't like:  $350 price tag, extra weight being carried in the
    front end of the bike, complexity which I might not be able to fix on
    the trail, additional front brake cable which would add a bit
    of "squishy" feel.
    
    I compromised with: FLEXSTEM 90 with standard "pads", aluminum straight
    bars, *GOOD* foam grips, PANNARACER 2.1 tires run at 35 lbs.
    
    For the bucks I feel very comfortable with this solution.  The larger
    tires were the greatest improvement and the stem was the hardest thing
    to get used too.
    
    bob