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Got some [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13120 ]rs rev dual air 125mm[/url] (qr) and they are pretty good but I have seen some F120R 15mm at a good price and I've got some money to spare. Am I going to see much of an improvement? Travel/tracking/weight wise?
Have got some float 140 15mm and appreciate the better steering. The 140s are also smoother but with another 20mm or so of travel I'd expect that (to get best travel out of revs I put plenty of air in the -ve chamber so +ve travel drops to 117ish) Did try the 140s on this bike and good but lifts the front a bit too much on the flat and climbs.
Bike is used for big mile rides so after light stuff but quite often very rocky stuff so plush well tracking forks are also good thing.
Wil weight be much different AFAIK 120s are lighter but 15mm may put negate weight loss but better steering. So do I buy the new forks or spend money on other stuff? (hubs can swap from qr to 15mm so not an issue) Informed opinions please.
anybody?
I've not used 15mm F120s but the QR ones are quite a bit more squiggly than Revelations are. The 15mm will reduce twist but won't do anything for the fore-aft flex. The damping on the Foxs was better though. It's give and take really but I don't think it'll give you enough of an upgrade to be worth the money myself.
Ive just swapped from soom 2009 120mm Rebas to a new set of 2010 Revelation Maxle U-turns for similar sort of reasons. Regardless of what air pressure I ran, I just couldnt quite get what I wanted from the rebas with my weight. The right pressure for a smooth, well tracking fork would easily bottom on rock gardens, and vice versa. The extra travel of the revs have changed all that, they work brilliantly for me and the u-turn gives me lots of setup options depending what sort of riding im doing.
That coupled with the improved stiffness of the Maxle, and I [i]think[/i] i'm right in saying they're very slightly lighter than last years rebas regardless of the extra travel?, they made very good sence. I'm very happy with them indeed.
My point is that adjustable travel forks might be more what your looking for to getthe best of both worlds, rather than just a different brand of the same thing?