Can anyone explain the RockShox range to me?

[NWMark]

Keeping an eye out for a replacement set of rockshox for my bike and im confused.

I take it the range goes something like Dart < Tora < Recon < Reba (where does boxxer fit into this)

But its all the additional bits.

Solo Air
Dual Air (more air than solo?)
U-Turn
Coil (a spring i presume)
SL
SID

and then theres the numbers, 302, 426, 351 etc etc

Anyone shed any light on this please?

[mk1fan]

The Sram website lets you know what 'niche' each type of fork falls into. Simply put the more the travel the more extreme the riding - 100mm for XC, 200mm for DH.
Solo Air is a single air spring.
Dual Air has two air springs, one positive, one negative. It allows you to fine tune spring sensitivity.
U-Turn is a length of travel adjustment. You can have a fork that can give you 100mm travel or 140mm of travel.
Coil is a coil spring, instead of air.
SID is a range of forks not a 'feature'

Edited by mk1fan on Thursday 10th December 21:36

[anonymous-user]

reba sl, for xc, value for money wise, all you need to know!....seriously, a great fork, enough travel and the ability to lock out when required. anything else is inferior!

[hondafanatic]

pablo said:

reba sl, for xc, value for money wise, all you need to know!....seriously, a great fork, enough travel and the ability to lock out when required. anything else that isn't Fox is inferior!

EFA and all that bks

[NWMark]

Completely forgot to reply to this topic.

Many thanks for the replies, my ebay watch list is getting fatter!

[big_peaches]

I run recon 335 with 120mm travel on my lappy..... once I had the pressure adjusted to my body weight the fork, came into it own, they're suuuuupurb value for money... Don't look out of place in White either !

[NWMark]

what does the number 335 refer to, ive seen some with numbers and some without, very confusing.

Cheers

[big_peaches]

Ha, i suppose i walked into that one ...... erm as far as i can see from a friends recon sl..... extra 20 mm and lock out...... my rebound seems to be alot more precise too.... plus 335 has easy access pressure valve.... sl didnt seem so apparent.... these am gueesing are very low end forks..... reba are my next choice....just a shame they don't do em in white