So my Pikes are broken again and once they've been back for warranty I'm going to get rid. Of the alternatives, the latest Auron 29 RC2 sounds about perfect if I can get them for a reasonable price from anywhere, but they don't seem to appear anywhere. This model in 150mm RC2 guise is what I'm after:
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Only seems to be available in 130mm guise in the UK, but I suspect this may be adjustable via internal spacers to 140 or 150mm. Could check this out for you, possibly Tuesday when we're back open - depending on whether the distributor are there then.
Price would be around the £320 mark I think.
Thanks! Sounds good to me. My email's in my profile or just let me know on here.
No problem. Tried to call the distributor (Greyville) this morning to check this out but they're not open, so guess it'll be Monday before they're back. Will get back to you then if that's OK?
Just coming back to let anyone who's interested know that it is possible to change the travel on this fork but it requires some internal parts not stocked in the UK. We're investigating the most cost-effective route to supply the fork in 150mm guise at the moment and will update again once we have some more info.
Received confirmation from the supplier today that the fork can be changed to 150mm (or 140mm) travel by removing spacers. This can be done FOC before sale, and the spacers supplied with the fork so that the end user can adjust it back in future.
The 130mm forks listed are just the 150mm ones with two spacers in, in other words.
If anyone would like 130, 140, or 150mm forks, please let us (or any other Suntour dealer) know.
Presumably the same can be done with the 27.5" variant, but I've not checked this - if anyone wants to know, just give us a shout.