Since every gram counts in a race, our suspension engineers work closely with professional cross country racers to ensure that the performance and durability of our XRC racing forks are absolutely ideal. Not only do the XRC forks shine on the winner‘s podium, but in everyday use as well.
Submitted by
Bello
a Cross Country Rider
from Munchen Date Reviewed: February 10, 2008
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$1450.00
Strengths:
Did i say light?
Weaknesses:
To my dismay i encountered a couple of rediculous design flaws in this fork. -tireclearance is very minimal. A conti 2.2" race king or a racing ralph 2.25" are sadly a nogo. -compression dampening circuit closes with higher speed impacts. Utterly useless. -To lineair feeling. Therefore dives quite alot when braking. Littlebit more progression in the forkstroke will do.
Similar Products Used:
RS Sid for more than 7 years :D.
Bike Setup:
Build up a bike myself. Rocky Mountain Element Bear '08. Sram/XTR components.
Bottom Line:
DT-Swiss has a problem with its quality. They took over Pace. Pace had beautiful products in its lineup, but also some quality issues in the past. Leaking seals and a real attentiohoar for maintenance. I took the gamble and ordered a XRC. Couple of days a go the bikeshop called me that the fork had arrived. The same evening i finalized the assemblying proces by mounting the fork and discbrake and discovered to my surprise that the tires wouldn't fit. They are just 2.2"s! Okay put some older Mich comp s tires on it. 1 day later i was on the trails near Munchen and my first thoughts were of butter and a knife. Just insane supple and sensitive to smaller and larger hits. ONLY AT LOWER SPEED. When the going gets really tough in speed this fork throws in a "panzerbrigade" in blocking the compression stroke. I was shocked. When u paid 950 euro's i expect better performance in this area. Maybe this is a batch error but belive it or not, a German magazine tested the same fork and had the same problem. Quite a few more to my surprise.
Verdict: Beautiful fork but that's not enough. I want quality performance wich i can trust on. So far this product has made me feel only sad. I should have bought a fox instead or waiting for the new SID. I really hope DT-Swiss fixes the bug really soon or i have to bring it back. I just can not ride this fork for now. To bad.
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