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Description:In both stiffness and stiffness to weight ratio, Pike is the clear leader in the All Mountain Extreme category.
Updates for 2006: -Aluminum Control Knobs, -Air U-Turn Option, -Long Travel Dual Air Option
Key Features:
-Motion Control with adjustable Floodgate
-Forged, Hollow 6061 T6 Crown (454)
-Custom Butted Aluminum Steerer Tube (454)
-Maxle 20mm quick release thru-axle system
-Stiff 32mm 7000 series aluminum upper tubes
-Compatible with all PopLocs
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Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Sta. Rosa, Philippines
Date Reviewed: August 22, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Value | | Weaknesses: | Takes a while to set-up | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Black Elite, Vanilla R 130 | | Bike Setup: | Chumba XCL | | Bottom Line: | Looks Good enough despite the price. A coil believer. coming from the Fox I hated this fork at first. The damping has a bit harsh, kept bottoming out, when I adjust the gate to stiffer settings, it would hurt my hands and forearms on rattly and choppy downhill sections. Just too many things to think about at first. Lock-out, Rebound, Gate... Had only preload and rebound to think about on the Vanilla R.
After a couple of months of Abuse the Pike has improved considerably, Got it set on the right setting for the trails i'm always on and have left it ever since. This is turning out to be a really good fork. Not thinking about upgrading or going back to Fox until I blow it. Kept on thinking of a switch early on.
Give it some time and bash it down the hills. It will grow on you and you'll learn to appreciate it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul Losordo
a Weekend Warrior
from Boston, MA, SA
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | the next one | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | online somewhere | | Strengths: | supple, responsive, no brainer set up, nice coil feel, travel adjust combined with lockout and blowoff great for wintering in the park | | Weaknesses: | too light weight to heavier free riders (200lbs+), bottoms up too fast | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 36 | | Bike Setup: | Azonic Steelhead, single speed (32/20), Avid Juicy 5, rear:24" DX32 with 2.75, front:26" Mavic | | Bottom Line: | Bought the 454 U-turn Coil based on seeing lots of much better riders using and loving it. Initially loved it a lot more than my Fox 36. Found it bottoming out real easy with stock spring, added heavy weight spring...still bottoming out. On cross country ala Boston area (somewhat rockier than other places) fork is awesome. On more free ride ala Boston area (aka, Lynn Woods) and downhill (Highland Mountain) I no longer am happy with the fork. Bottoms out too easily, not enough travel for the steep rolls, just sitting on it things sags over 20mm when set to 140mm travel (yeah, i know, lose some weight. If you weigh in the 165lbs range, good fork. Over 200lbs, don't free expect to free ride this thing.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
russell
a Downhiller
from vancouver, bc
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | a-line | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came on bike | | Strengths: | adjustablility (actually makes a noticible difference), travel adjustment, maxle, looks | | Weaknesses: | 140mm of travel. rs never really had any freeride forks but these performed quite well. a little more travel would be nice but whatevs. 2007 fr lineup looks promising. also that retarded red thing at the bottom is actually an alan key and it comes off easy so u should prolly just take it off before u ride | | Bike Setup: | 06 cove foreplay, pikes, nines, racface evolve | | Bottom Line: | probably a good fork for all mountain but will perform well in the freeride scene as well. if a 150mm rs single crown fork was out that year, or just the totems or domains i prolly woulda got them just because of the travel. but the pikes didnt let me down and performance was a nonissue. brand new, they were easy to adjust and did not take long to break in. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Scotland
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Cadon Bank, Innerleithen | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$240.00 | | Purchased At: | Hong Kong ebay | | Strengths: | Stiff; plush; reliable; adjustable; cheaper than realistic opposition; a looker! | | Weaknesses: | I've had lighter long travel forks I suppose, the crown wears away pretty easily with brake hose rub. 150mm travel rather than 140mm might be nice. | | Similar Products Used: | Pace RC41 Fighter, Manitou Black, Manitou Splice | | Bike Setup: | Giant Reign 3 with Pike 454s, Avid Juicy 3s, 70mm stem, carbon riser, Hope Pro2 hubs on Mavic XM rear and XC front. | | Bottom Line: | Definitely an improvement over my Pace Fighter which I had on before (which were expensive, unreliable, but admittedly quite sexy). You can feel it's stiffer, it doesn't bottom out noticeably, it's easy to adjust, and is neither heavy nor silly light. For most of the riding I do it's great. Wind down the height for long climbs and then open it up for the rest. I like...
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Submitted by
Dan
a Weekend Warrior
from San Jose, CA
Date Reviewed: December 24, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | 50 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$385.00 | | Purchased At: | Price Point | | Strengths: | Looks, Stiff, travel adjustment, Maxle, lockout | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Fox Vanilla 130, Fox TALAS 125 and 130 | | Bike Setup: | 04 Enduro | | Bottom Line: | This review is for a U-Turn coil 454 model.
After riding the TALAS for 2 years, I decided to try out a coil fork and a thru axle system. This fork is far stiffer than the TALAS. Going through rock gardens, and rolling over logs seems easier now. The fork responds well, and the stiffness is far more than I expected. The Maxle design is super easy to use. I also like having the travel stamped on the stantions. There's no more guessing, or counting clicks.
Over braking bumps, the fork ismore responsive than the TALAS was. This might be because it's coil instead of air though.
This was a huge upgrade over the TALAS for me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan Smith
a Racer
from portsmouth UK
Date Reviewed: November 16, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | hika-a-bike in the haut giffre | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$550.00 | | Purchased At: | chain reaction cycles | | Strengths: | pike 454 dual air pop lock w/out uturn forgettably good they just work they never let you down flex creak etc the track the ground superbly in long or short travel settings. nice and easy to setup super stiff and light. plus for a top end fork they are a bit of a bargain price. | | Weaknesses: | when letting air out of the negative air chamber it sprayed oil al over my disc rotor and ruined a new set of pads. i think the internals should be in opposite legs. also the pop locks lever sometimes doesn't go without me turning the fork top dial by hand which defies th epoint in having pop lock, graphics are dull (07) | | Similar Products Used: | fox 36 talas and float. 32mm vanillas. marzocchi all mountain 1 and zocchi mx comp. | | Bike Setup: | intense tazer vp, full xt group,hope mono mini's, pro 2 fr hub xc ti rear, mtx camo rims, thomson seatpost & x4 stem easton bars maxxis tyres | | Bottom Line: | a fantsatic all round fork useable for anything from hardcore xc to slpestyle. a few little niggles but nothing that would stop me from recomending this fork to many riders. maxle system is spot on and rs reliability beat all but marzocchi. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John L
a Cross Country Rider
from Atlanta
Date Reviewed: August 23, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Urban | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Lightweight for 140mm of travel
Its black
Nice graphics/air chart right on the fork
very smooth, easy to adjust, tons of adjustments,
Maxle system | | Weaknesses: | rebound knob is removable/can fall off or rattle
| | Similar Products Used: | Pre '02 rockshox, Manitou Black 120, Fox Vanilla R | | Bike Setup: | stock Teocali Super | | Bottom Line: | I cant find too many problems with this fork. I use it mostly for aggressive XC and some urban jumping, its been incredibly stiff, and that 140mm will soak up a nicely sized jump. The poploc feature is pretty neat, for my type of riding, i close off the floodgate so it pretty much locks out the fork when im standing up and hammering the pedals, then i simply flip it off for 140mm of plush travel, works great for me! Simply put, its very easy to adjust this fork to your liking. The maxle system is great, its stiff as hell, and is even FASTER than a regular quick release.
my only nitpicking is the rebound knob. Not too sure if this is on all models, but mine is removable by simply pulling it off, if left on the fork it wil rattle around/fall off after a few big jumps. small problem...but kind of annoying... i have to stick it in my pack. But since thats my major complaint.... this is a great fork. Holds air well and stands up to abuse. thumbs up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Racer
from West Hawk Lake, MB, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Wizard (Mt Washington) | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$2700.00 | | Purchased At: | www.covebike.com | | Strengths: | Looks Cool
Nice Matt Balck colour
Block "Pike" letters
Light
Maxle
u-turn
floodgate
coil | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 36 TALAS, 32 TALAS, Vanilla,
Rock Shox Revelation,
Marzocchi Z.1 FR 2 & 3, Drop Off, All MTN 2 | | Bike Setup: | Cove Hustler - Maxxis Advantage 2.1s, X9, Mag Brakes, Race Face | | Bottom Line: | One of the Plushest forks I've ever used.
The maxle QR axle is the best thing ever to happen to bikes. I hated my Z.1 FR 2, pounding the axle out with a mallet and requiring 2 sizes of allen keys.
This is so easy to remove, a little tight due to the marzocchi hub.
The adjustments are awesome. The aluminum dials look aesome. Compared to the TALAS you instead have the rebound knowb on the bottom but get the lockout threshhold (floodgate) on the top. It ends up being better because you rarely need to adjust rebound while riding but often mess around with floodgate.
I like how light it is for what it can do. It feels like your riding 6+ inches of travel. I'll see if it is what they claim when I take my bike apart this fall.
For people who ride it all this fork is for you. I ride XC road training rides with it and appreciate the lockoutand u-turn to dial it down but them like the plushness and solid axle on days riding the lifts in Whistler.
If leaning more to XC go with the revalation.
If going bigger and you ride less road wait till the lyrik or domain next year.
Best fork. I got it in a buildkit for 1200 CAD so cost was really cheap. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
colin belisle
a Downhiller
from fort bragg, ca, usa
Date Reviewed: July 8, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | north weir | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | work | | Strengths: | super nice travel and plush too. the 20mm QR axel is really nice too, and the u-turn is good for climbs, although it takes a while to crank it down to 110mm. | | Weaknesses: | none yet, lets keep it that way. | | Bike Setup: | santacruz chameleon with juicy 7's, 340 hubs, big nevegal tires, x.9 stuff, and a stylo crank | | Bottom Line: | this fork rocks, a little expensive for the average person but i'm loving it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Howard Kaiser
a
from Chandler, AZ
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | I luv em all... | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | This review is for the U-Turn 454
Very adjustable..travel, progession, blow-off, damping. Neat travel graphics right on the stanchion tube.
20mm Maxle - cool.
No cheap plastic parts to break. | | Weaknesses: | Rebound adjustment is on the bottom of the fork leg. (I know I'm whining and that's the way most forks are set up - but I got spoiled with the top mounted adjustment on the TALAS.) | | Similar Products Used: | Fox Talas RLC | | Bike Setup: | Stock on my 06 Iron Horse MKIII Expert | | Bottom Line: | I thought that my TALAS was top of the heap until I got this bad boy! It took me a little while to get it tuned cuz it has so much to fiddle with. Just be patient...
I really like the pos/neg air chamber. I can set it up for the proper sag/head angle for my ride and also adjust the spring rate (high or low) depending on the trail. The "flood gate" control is neat...I don't have the pop-loc feature, but I don't need it cuz I can reach down on the fly and flip the fork lock on and off or adjust the blow-off threshhold...couldn't do that on the TALAS. I don't need to stop between climbs and decents...
Little gripe - The rebound adjuster is on the bottom of the fork leg. I know it's not a big deal and that's the way that a lot of forkes are set up, but I got used to tweaking it on the fly with my Talas' top mounted adjuster. The fact that I can easily lock/unlock for hammering makes up for it.
The Maxxle is really neat. This is the first 20mm thru axle I've had and it's just as easy to get the wheel on and off as a QR.
The travel settings are marked right on the stanchion tube so you can measure sag, or set up your travel witha quick look.
This fork is not cheap, but it's still less expensive than the TALAS...but, I would be hard pressed to choose because they are both very good.
Can't speak to warranty or service issues cuz this is my first RS...but I've heard that factory support is very good. (I hope I don't need to find out.) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scooter
a Weekend Warrior
from Edmonton, AB, CAN
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Prairie View | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Internet | | Strengths: | Maxle, simply designed 20mm axle (no tools required). Travel Adjustment (140-110mm)via U-Turn. Lockout with threshold blow-off control (Motion Control & Floodgate). Lateral stiffness and smooth travel. Aluminum caps and levers. | | Weaknesses: | Difficult to find, not stocked in LBS. Positive & Negative Air Pressure settings sticker on the fork (wrong)does not match the manual (correct). Not as plush as the Fox 36. | | Similar Products Used: | Fox Talas 36 (pricey & need tools to remove the wheel). Marzocchi Z1 (heavy & need tools to remove wheel).
Manitou Nixon (pricey & need tools to remove the wheel). | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Rocky Mountain Slayer 30 customized for trail/bike park riding (Nokian NBX 2.3 tires 750g, Float RL with ProPedal, shorter stem & higher riser bar than OEM parts, RockShox Pike 454 Air U-Turn, Crank Bros Mallet pedals.) | | Bottom Line: | Affordable trail fork with a 20mm axle. Better stiffness than other trail forks with similar travel but, QR dropouts (e.g. Marzocchi All Mtn). Travel adjustment is great for long climbs. Lockout is nice for short sprints or short climbs. This fork replaces the stock Marzocchi EXR Supra that was stock on my bike. What an improvement! Handles trail riding beatifully and can take a little abuse at the bike park (obviously not a freeride fork).
I use a roof mounted bike rack and the Maxle gets me on the trail faster. I highly recommend it to anyone that frequently removes their front wheel to transport their bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ian ross
a Weekend Warrior
from Adelaide, South Australia
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Prospect Hill | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | 140mm travel, holds air well, set and forget, 20mm maxel, pop lock for up hills | | Weaknesses: | None yet | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou Minute w SPV, Rock Shox Psylos (crap), Fox 36ers | | Bike Setup: | 06 Pike 454 (w/out uturn) on Giant Reign 1 2006 with Crossmax rims and Manitou swinger on rear. Shorter stem and OS EA70 monkey lite bars | | Bottom Line: | Sweeet forks. Handles all terrains well, not for XC racing but good for all mtn riding. Handles rock gardens and 3-4ft drops well. Poplock is excellent for no bob pedalling up hill in a standing posi. Good value for $$ if buying off shelf and heaps better that any previous fork I've ridden.
Cant see need for adjustable travel 454 but choice is there. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jesper W
a
from Copenhagen
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Red track | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Strengths: | THIS is a review of the 2005 PIKE AIR TEAM. It light,strong, stiff, super platform adjustment, much better than spv. and it it progressive, so you can set it up to ride at the top of travel, clearing rocks, and still very smooth on smaller bumps. Brillant. | | Weaknesses: | None. really. | | Similar Products Used: | Nixon platinium(scary bad, but i got a lemon) sherman`s, marz Z1(too heavy) minute 1 (an ok fork) | | Bike Setup: | Intense 5.5, Chris ding wheels, Atlas cranks, Swinger 4 way TFT tuned rear shock. Wtb laser Ti saddle. Schwalbe fat albert 2.35 snakeskin front only, rear-Nokian nbx kevlar 2.3 | | Bottom Line: | So good it hurts, platform is super, tracks like crazy, Weighs of scaleweight:1940 grams with maxel, top-dollar!
Big holes are swallowed like peanuts, and still small bump senitivity is top, you can adjust it neg and pos-airchambers, and rebound, and the motioncontrol, so setup is endless. the fork completes the 5.5 so fine, and it my best trailbike, so far | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Zach
a Downhiller
from West Chester, Ohio
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | my shop | | Strengths: | Very light, tons of adjustment, Maxxle is amazing! Looks pretty good. | | Weaknesses: | Maybe I had a lemon, but first it broke before I had even ridden it. My boss at the shop was looking at it, he turned the uturn knob, and the air cartridge separated, making the fork about 160mm of travel that was locked out. Sent back to RS, got it warrenteed. Brand new internals on the air side. Got it on the bike, took two rides, pulled UP for a bunny hop, and the fork broke before it even hit the ground. Same thing, sent it back to RS got it warrenteed. | | Similar Products Used: | RS recon 327, marz all mountain 2 | | Bike Setup: | SC jackal dj/street setup | | Bottom Line: | Even though I never got to use this fork for any urban or djing, it is deffinately not cut out for it. I think mine just might have been defective, it is a great all mountain/light freeride fork. That's it. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Avi
a Weekend Warrior
from Israel
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Bottom Line: | I have the PIKE 454 Dual Air and its now adjusted to no more than 110 mm of travel, I wish it to be 140 mm and cann't find the way to do this. The fork was bought with the bike (Mongoose Teocaly Super) and at the so called "proffesional store" no one heard about "changing the spacers internally"- as Rockshox mention at their web site. Does anyone knows how to preform this procedure?
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Submitted by
Scott Conner
a Racer
from Highlands Ranch
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Porcupine Rim | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | Mojo Wheels | | Strengths: | This fork is capable of eating up the gnarliest rock gardens, soaking up big drops and bumps and still climb like a mountain goat. It is stiff and plush when you need it. Plus it weighs less and costs less than Fox 36. | | Weaknesses: | I have not found any yet. | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 36, Marzzochi mx and z2 long travel forks. | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth Joker, 454, XT, Crossmax XL, | | Bottom Line: | Many years ago I owned a Judy fork and I blew the seals on it 4 times (sound familiar?)and had all kinds of trouble with it and customer services from Rock Shox so I said I would never buy a Rock Shox product again. That was 10 years or so ago. Well now that Sram has turned the company around I decided to give the 454 a shot. Also because I talked to a few people "PUSH Industries" being one that said they really liked the 454. So I took the chance and I am so glad I did. I love this fork it is 10 to 12 ounces less than a Fox 36. Is nearly as adjustable and costs about 200 less. Plus it performed flawlessly. I road it in Moab did Porcupine Rim, Slick rock and Amasa back. I went off multiple big jumps and drops 3 to 5 feet in hi and it felt awesome!! I rode in Fruita and it took all of what we road with no problem. I am sold on this fork and recommend it to anyone. Nice job Sram and Rock Shox. I have reviewed several products on this sight and this will be the first time I have given 5 flamin chilis for both.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Moshelove
a
from Taipei, Taiwan
Date Reviewed: April 5, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Ski lift (woo tsiu san) | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Light weight, price, stiffness, quality, looks, performance, maxle, adjustability. | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | all mountain 1, psylo, mx comp, dirt jumper | | Bike Setup: | kona kikapu, fox vanilla r, pike 454 coil, 2.5's dual chain guide, 50mm stem, bash guard. A 4" xc bike set up with tough all mountain parts and geometry for aggresive, technical downhill tree riding. | | Bottom Line: | I weigh 175 pounds, I went with the coil for the plushness, simplicity and reliability. I bought the stiff spring because my riding style is pretty hard and I was going through the travel quite easily with the stock spring. With the stiff spring it is still plush but stays in the travel more and resists bottoming very well. It feels very good on hard hits or small drops. I personally prefer coil forks, air forks are almost too tunable and can lead to complicated, confusing problems. My friend bought the dual air 454 and even when following the instructions, matching positive and negative air, he had issues with getting full travel, with the travel adjustment etc... We spend more time sitting on the trail pumping forks up and playing with endless settings than just hammering away on the trail. I have heard good things about the air though, but I do think it's a bit of a fad and people should really consider the quality of coil travel too. The weight difference is marginal for me.
Very stiff fork, made my psylo look like a spagetti noodle, maxle is very easy to use, it's a shame other companies missed that one. overall quality is top notch, the all aluminum nobs are bullit proof, this fork has so many ways to tune it, all of which make significant changes to the fork.
I am very pleased with the performance and quality of this fork and I can see putting it on so many different bikes, it's definitely going to stay with me when I get a new heckler or other long-travel trail ride.
The pike 454 is a great upgrade to any bike or rider looking to do agressive trail riding and mild freeride hits. This fork absolutely looks and feels strong and battle ready. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a
from Salem, Oregon, USA
Date Reviewed: February 10, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bonzai,Gonzo | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$525.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Lightweight, improved anodized bits from 2005 model, adjustability, stiffness, maxle, smooothnes of travel. Also, travel ramps up very quickly in the last 1" of travel. | | Weaknesses: | None found so far...I wish RS will make something comprable to the DHX-air shock for the back end of my bike (the Pearl just don't look like it will stand up to it) | | Similar Products Used: | 2005 Fox Talas RLC (130mm), 2004 Fox Float RL (100mm) | | Bike Setup: | Turner RFX (2006), Pike, Fox DHX-air, Hope hubs, DT swiss rims... | | Bottom Line: | This is for the 2006 454 Air U-Turn model.
By far the best fork I've used. WAY stiffer than my Talas, the RS QR is awesome. I love the negative chamber feature-it really allows the fork to soak up the small chatter bumps while still being able to take bigger drops.
What I have really come to like is how the fork is really hard to bottom thus far (off TRUE 3-4' to transitions and 2-3' to flat). I thought I wasn't getting full travel as my zip tie always has like 3/4" or so left of travel. So the other day I let all the air out of the fork & compressed it. It goes all the way to the crown. So RS has built in some really nice feature that makes the fork ramp up the compression the last 1" of the stroke to prevent harsh bottomout. And that is with the blue compression knob all the way open. I haven't really used the compression anywhere but full open or totally locked since the fork hasn't bottomed. As I get braver & start bottoming, I'll test the range of compression.
All the knobs are anodized this year-including the little gold lockout threshold knob & the positive & negative air caps, and the rebound. Sram has been listening to their customers obviously.
Now if I could get my rear shock to work for a full ride, I'd be a happy man-see my review under rear shocks-Fox DHX-air to see what I mean. I was really worried about not going w/ a 150mm front fork like the Fox 36, but really this fork is great for what I'm doing. Besides, alot of folks aren't getting their 36's-even the bike I testrode w/ one was closer to 145mm travel brand new! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kaku Ito
a Downhiller
from Shibuya Tokyo, Japan
Date Reviewed: November 4, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fujimi Panorama | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Chain Reaction Cycle | | Strengths: | This review is for the Dual Air model. Very light, stiff, plush and very adjustable. | | Weaknesses: | Lacking travel adjustment. Looses plushness when you set it to eliminate the pedal bob. | | Similar Products Used: | 2005 Pike, Zocchi Z150FR SL, Psylo Race | | Bike Setup: | Iron Horse MKIII Team built from the frame, 06 Pike 454 Dual Air, Saint hubs, brakes with Mavic EX823 rims, Dnagerboy SR71 stem, XT cranks, X.O. shifters and derailuers and Answer ProTaper 1" rise bar. | | Bottom Line: | 2006 seems to be tighter on the sealing than 2005 because it seems to hold up the same air pressure even after hours of landings from jumping. When the compression is set to be all open, then the plushness seems to be very linear.
I have a 2006 Nixon on order but since it will not be available for awhile, I purchased this Pike for the time being. After owning 2005 Pike and felt that switching between locked and unlocked was somewhat cumbersome, so I'm more interested in 2006 Nixon's SPV, so the fork acts resistant to pedaling automatically (SPV is working great for me with rear shocks I own). But the lightness of PIke 454 Dual Air is very pleasing, so I will decide which one to keep after I compare both forks. Another point that I'm curious on Nixon is its fork length. Nixon offers 145mm travel and Pike does 140mm, but Nixon seems to offer less under headtube length which is great beacause it will give me lower bb height. I will post the outcome on 2006 Nixon review in the future. I sitll give the value and overall rating of 5 flamin' chills because it does what it supposed to do and the price is very reasonable comparing to Manitou and Marzocchi forks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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