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Description:For 29'ers
Travel: 80/100 (80mm stock)
Adjust: All Travel Spacer (internal travel adjustment)
Spring: Dual Air
Adjust: Positive and Negative Schrader Valves
Damping: Motion Control
Adjust: External Rebound, Floodgate, Compression Adjust and Lockout
Lowers: One piece magnesium, Disc Only
Crown: Forged 6061 Aluminum, Black
Steerer Tube: Butted Aluminum
Upper Tubes: 32mm EA70 Straight Wall Aluminum, Low Friction Anodized
489/509mm stack height
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Submitted by
Taras Rybalchenko
a Cross Country Rider
from Kharkov
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$359.00 | | Strengths: | Realiable, relatively light, gently work, clear setup | | Weaknesses: | None, but:
1. I've some problems with mounting of remote lock-out manette;
2. Remote lock-out cable is horrible! Derailer cable used. | | Similar Products Used: | RST 906 | | Bike Setup: | BeOne Cikara 29er frame, Shimano XT crancset, XT derailers, Shimano 105 cassette, SRAM Rocket and X.9 Gripshifts, AlexRims rims, Bontrager Jones XR tires, Richey WCS stem, KBIX UltraForm Titanium saddle. | | Bottom Line: | The best 29er fork I ever rode. For asphalt, I think, rigid fork is lighter/better, but Reba is really universal. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stephen Lynch
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | San Juan Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | waltworks.com | | Strengths: | when it's adjusted right, it rides beautifully | | Weaknesses: | it's to be expected that it'll require air from time to time. there is something going on where, when one or both of its chambers (+,-) are too low, there is some play in the fork that actually feels like my headset is loose. spooky. haven't been able to figure out the exact cause, nor how to fix it. (please contact me if you know what i'm talking about and have dealt with this before.) | | Similar Products Used: | marzi bomber | | Bike Setup: | waltworks custom 29er hardtail. | | Bottom Line: | more adjustability than seems necessary to me, but to be honest i haven't taken the time to experiment with it that much, except for the +/- pressures.
seems like a great fork, except for the stability issue mentioned above. again, please contact me if you have suggestions.
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Submitted by
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Ned, Hall, CB, Mtn Lion | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | University Bikes | | Strengths: | Like the positive and negative adjustment. The lock out is great for climbing. It did not come with the pop-loc; has the manual lock on the shock. I think I prefer this, one less thing to break when I crash :). Absorbs all bumps. Relatively light for a 29er shock. | | Weaknesses: | Freakin' negative and positive chamber already sprung a leak, gets squishy, had to send it back to Rock Shox. When it happened a dude in Crested Butte who does bike tours said he knew several people who had this problem. He said it might not happen now, in 3 months or in a year but it will eventually happen. Major bummer.
I don't really care for their air pressure recommendations either. I was told there was a forum on MTBR that gave a better suggestion but have yet to find it. (Lots of people "telling" me things, I know, but they all seem to be accurate) | | Similar Products Used: | Reba SL 29er- no problem with this one...yet | | Bike Setup: | Came with my Gary Fisher Ferrous 29er | | Bottom Line: | When the Reba race works, it works very well. My downhilling improved 3 fold after I got this bad boy.I know Rock Shox had issues with their air shock prior to being bought by SRAM, I thought they resolved that issue. Pretty disappointing that it sprung a leak after 2 1/2 months of use but whattya gonna do? Get it warrantied, send it back and wait 2 months for your shock, great. I'll give it 4 chilis for value just because I got a great deal on the bike but overall, due to manufacturing defects, pretty disappointing. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Texican
a Cross Country Rider
from San Antonio, TX USA
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Comfort | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Strengths: | Very little flex, easy to dial in, rides great. I must admit that I am pleasantly surprised by how well this fork performs. | | Weaknesses: | Incredibly, compared to what's out there, the Reba doesn't have any weakness worth noting, in fact, the only weakness as far as I am concerned is that it is a Rock Shox product. | | Similar Products Used: | Fox, Manitou, Marzocchi, White Brothers | | Bike Setup: | Niner EMD, Reba Race set to 100mm of travel, Stan's ZTR 355 rims laced to King ISO disc hubs, X0 shifters and rear derailleur, XTR crank and front derailleur, avid juicy brakes, race face next carbon sl flat bar and seatpost, Maxxis Ignitors, etc... | | Bottom Line: | After getting over that fact that it is a Rock Shox, I was blown away by how well this works. I have had problems with Rock Shox forks before, but there arent many 29er suspension forks out there, so I gave it a shot.
After six months of abuse, the fork still rides great, and I havent had a single problem. Just finished a rough race this weekend, with lots of rock gardens, loose off camber descents, and numerous step downs, and the fork was amazing - no flex, no surprises, just took whatever was thrown at it and ate it up!!! I must declare that the Reba exceeds even the performance of Fox, and at a couple of $ hundred less, its a bargain.
Now, if they could only offer a version with more travel. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Cross Country Rider
from Tallahassee, FL
Date Reviewed: January 31, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Forest Meadows | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | the Reba (Race) works great. very plush, very little stiction & "set & forget"--at least for me. i've changed the oil in it twice in the year & 1/2 i've had it. haven't had any parts fail on it. the lock-out works fine. like rain-man said, u may wanna run slightly less pressure than suggested, but start where they say (printed on the fork-leg). | | Weaknesses: | none really; maybe a little front/back flex, but who cares. i ride cross-country, not down-hill. doesn't bother me. | | Similar Products Used: | MZ-Atom Bomb. also a good (old) fork. | | Bike Setup: | Salsa Dos-Niner w/XT, Reba, BB7's, Cane-Creek "Volos" wheels. "let's go". | | Bottom Line: | a very nice fork that you won't have to waste time on fooling around with--get on w/the ride. it works well.
"Think Big, Live Large: Ride a 29'er" | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Brownlow
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: January 23, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | the nearest | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Light, good value, incredibly tunable, lockout, pretty stiff, no bad habits. | | Weaknesses: | Not quite as plush as my Fox Float 130 | | Similar Products Used: | Fox Float 130 RL | | Bike Setup: | Niner SIR9 w/ Amclassic wheelset | | Bottom Line: | It's a really great fork. The best part about it is how tunable it is... massive variance possible by balancing pos and neg pressure, gate etc. Poplok works beautifully and is extremely useful. Not as plush as my Fox but more tunable. The fork to beat in 29ers. Has no bad habits. If you can't get the right feel with this one, give up. Great value when purchased as part of a Niner build. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt G
a Cross Country Rider
from Lincoln, NE, USA
Date Reviewed: December 6, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | whatever trail i'm riding | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Monkey Wrench Cycles | | Strengths: | Low maintenance, adaptability, ability to run different amounts of travel, highly tunable lockout/platform, good all-around performance, excellent value. | | Weaknesses: | Not a spectacular performer, tall axle-to-crown for its travel (compared to a Maverick SC32, which I also own/ride), some chassis flex (esp. when run at 100mm travel). | | Similar Products Used: | Maverick SC32, Marzocchi MX Comp, Manitou Minute 2, Manitou X-Vert Super | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Salsa Dos Niner, 20-inch frame. XTR/RaceFace drivetrain. WTB rear hub; Maverick front hub, both with Salsa Delgado X rims. WTB saddle, Thomson post, Ritchey stem, OnOne Mary bar, Time pedals. Tires vary, but are typically a Bontrager Jones XR front and Kenda Karma 1.9 rear. | | Bottom Line: | I like the Reba a lot. It's a good performer, doesn't require a lot of maintenance, is easy to maintain when maintenance is required and doesn't cost a lot. It also looks good on the front of my Dos Niner, as the silver color matches the "Salsa" letters perfectly.
I'd like the Reba more if it had the ability to run at 115mm of travel, yet was barely longer axle-to-crown than the current 100mm travel version. I'm just thankful that a major suspension player is taking the 29er fork market seriously. I had sworn off RS forks in 1997 after a bad warranty experience, but SRAM's decision to invest in the 29er market was what it took for me to give their products another try. I'm glad I did. The Reba is a very good fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
fisty
a Cross Country Rider
from cny
Date Reviewed: December 4, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Not too $. Good performance all around. | | Weaknesses: | Frequent oil changes. | | Bottom Line: | Im sure forks have a long way to go yet but for whats out there now and any significant difference is negligable compared to what there will be in the future. Definately the best performance value as of now. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rain Man
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Local | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Niner Bikes. | | Strengths: | Well built. Easy setup. Multiple settings. Very tunable. | | Weaknesses: | A little flexy, but not too bad. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou, WB. | | Bike Setup: | NinerBikes One Nine and SIR 9. | | Bottom Line: | This is probably the most popular and best-selling fork on the 29'er market. There are certainly plenty of them on bikes everywhere...and deservedly so, as this is a very good fork.
The greatest problem is in user-tuning, imo. When this fork originally appeared on the market, there was very little knowledge ...apart from the Rockshox manual, on tuning it correctly. This resulted in some bad performance and a lot of confusion regarding the amount of air used to set it up correctly for an individual riders weight and use.
However, thanks to a lot of experimenting and rider-feedback, it seems that most owners have pretty much got it sorted out now.
When correctly set up, this is a very nice fork to ride with. It has such a wide range of tuning, and can easily be set up for just about any type of riding, from super-plush to very firm. The dual air chambers are easily accessed, and a small amount of air pressure can make a big difference to how this fork feels and performs.
The rebound is also rider adjustable, along with the lock-out settings.
Overall stiffness is good, flex only really showing up in AM type of riding situations...but is usually not a problem under XC riding, which is really where this fork is targetted.
I really like the remote lock-out feature on this fork. It works so well once set up correctly, enabling the rider to stand and mash up climbs and hills without front end bob.
All in all, an excellent fork for most XC use, capable of handling some pretty good drops and jumps if asked to.
The fork needs to be serviced regularly like all suspension forks for best performance, and the sliders and seals are best replaced with the excellent "Enduro" line of products when the need arises. The stanchion legs also benefit from a regular spray of Finish Line Stanchion Lube...about every couple of weeks if the bike is ridden regularly.
So...bottom line?
A very good fork, well made and very rider tune-able. Can be set up as plush or firm, depending on the riders preference. Tuning needs to be researched, but I have found that generally, less air pressure is needed than what Rockshox recommends for a riders weight.
Also, 10psi less in the negative chamber than the positive works best for me...right across the range of settings.
A popular and highly regarded fork. i like it.
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Submitted by
GlowBoy
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland OR
Date Reviewed: December 1, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Lost somewhere in Oregon | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Mikesee at lacemine29.com, with Lenz Leviathan | | Strengths: | Tons of adjustability. Great price. Tracks well and offers a nice firmness/plushness balance (depending on adjustment) as needed, no flexiness or stiction noted. Poploc remote on the handlebar is handy. | | Weaknesses: | Poploc remote is on-off only and you can't make any other adjustments on the trail. | | Similar Products Used: | White Brothers BW1.0 coil (100mm) on my other bike. | | Bike Setup: | Lenz Leviathan, Reba Race in 80mm mode, Mary bars, 2x9 SRAM drivetrain, Mikesee DT/Salsa wheels. | | Bottom Line: | This is an awesome fork for the money. I can't say it performs better than my WB, but in most cases it's an awful lot cheaper. It's highly adjustable should you want to mess around with the settings, though my WB performs so well I've never felt the need to. I only have a few rides on my Reba so far and still need to play around with the +/- air settings to dial it in right for my riding style. If that process brings any great revelations about this fork I'll come back here with an update.
My only real complaint is that the Poploc remote effectively functions as an on-off switch. Now it's not a true lockout, and you can adjust the firmness of the "lockout" setting to be moderately compliant if you want, but once you've done that it really isn't a lockout anymore. So basically it lets you choose between two firmness settings at the push of a button. Personally I like to be able to choose between 2-3 firmness settings PLUS lockout while I'm riding, so in this respect the Reba is less versatile than my WB. But at least I don't have to reach down to the fork leg to lock it out.
Buy it if: you can't get a deal on the WB or it comes with your bike. There really is little to complain about with this fork, especially in terms of performance.
Skip it if: you must have coil, a stable platform fork, or 130mm travel, all of which are available from WB. Or if the controls on the WB (no poploc, but quick continuous adjustment from plus to lockout) appeals to you and you can get a deal on one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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