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Hi Guys
Has anybody had any experience with the MRP stage for it seems to get good reviews and i like a few of the features but unsure if there in any back up in the uk for the fork warranty and service wise
would like to hear if anybody has ridden the fork and if i should drop of cash on these or pikes
Consider Mattoc pro as well seems to be going down well.
I have a pair of 29er 130mm. They are great, the ramp control feature is excellent (like the pike bottomless tokens but adjustable on the fly). Combined with the compression damping adjustment you can set your fork to cope with any terrain going and respond in any manner from linear to massive ramp up just by twisting the dials. Faff free and very intuitive. Sensitivity and control are excellent. Sits nicely into its travel and doesn't dive.
I bought them as 120mm Pikes weren't available at the time. Having had a go on a demo bike with pikes I'm not even remotely interested in buying a pike now.
No problems with them in terms of reliability and they seem very well made, no plastic, etc on the outside. Through axle is probably the best I have used in terms of adjustability, although you do need to use both hands to tighten it up if that bothers you. Warranty would be through Ison, no idea about service centres, I've always serviced my own forks. MRP seem pretty active on Facebook so you could always ask on there.
Ison can do servicing on these forks as well.
They get great reviews from those I know that use them.
GB
Any further views on the MRP Stage forks, especially vs Pikes, or just longer term reports?
Enduro web based magazine did a review and comparison test, they liked it.
After extensive googling and reading what randoms on the web had to say I've ordered a set which are due in March. Couldn't find a bad review albeit the credibility of a lot of the reviewers is clearly an unknown. Whether they're any better than the Pike I have no idea but I like the ramp control feature and the ease with which you can change the travel, both of which are a minor faff to adjust on the Pike.
I found them indistinguishable from Pikes when I rode 2 pairs on a Banshee demo day.
They seemed excellent.
The Banshee guy at Ison (Pat Campbell-Jenner) was raving about them and he does perform very well at Enduros.
I need a few more random reviews.. before I take the leap 😉
Not heard anything bad about them, other than initially they weighed around 2.5kg but have come back to a more reasonable 100g of the Pike (2Kg-ish). Which when you up to this weight, hardly seems worth worrying about. The ramp control does seem very interesting feature, along with travel adjust-ability without needing extra parts
Hmm says already got a "180mm post mount brake mount.", if I wanted to go 203 rotor.. you know, just out of curiosity, what adapter would you use?
A Hope 183mm adapter should work (as it's a +23mm adapter)
'H' on here:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/hope-disc-brake-mount/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&kpid=5360447858&sku=5360447858&ci_src=18615224&ci_sku=5360447858uk&utm_source=google&utm_term&utm_campaign=All+Products&utm_medium=base&utm_content=sLmKJRNfV_dc|pcrid||pkw||pmt||prd|5360447858uk
That's not based on experience though, so hopefully someone else will confirm too.
Good call!