Rockshox Upside Down Carbon Rigid Teaser Pic?

Ooh, I was wrong then. Looks interesting.

typical, someone i know apparently has a set,and has for a while, but can’t say anything….

Also has the Shimano 2016 catalogue… also can’t say anything about that either.

There’s a guy works down the chip shop who swears he’s Elvis,but but I can’t say anything about it.

There’s a guy works down the chip shop who swears he’s Elvis,but but I can’t say anything about it.

Not this time, the guy designs the bikes for a well known manufacturer.

How much travel, any ideas?

How much travel, any ideas?

80mm by the looks of the latest pic.

Gotta say they look cool as ****

80mm? Which picture. I’d be very surprised if it was less than 120mm.

We’ve not seen a picture of the full stantions, so no way of telling. Agree that 80 is unlikely, although I’d not rule out 100 if it’s a SID replacement.

I think the pic he’s referring to is just my photoshop mash-up that someone’s stuck the last photo on the end of.
They could have made the stanchions any length they wanted.
http://www.vitalmtb.com/product/feature/Sneak-Peek-Inverted-RockShox-RS-1-Fork,230?utm_source=www.cyclingprss.co.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=www.cyclingprss.co.uk

Well the ‘Everything Changes’ image just shows it on a ‘normal’ hardtail mountain bike.

Can’t imagine them showing it on one of those Nicolai with a Pinion gear box thing, would only show that someone else is actually the real game changing radical thinker, rather than just reintroducing old stuff and trying to big it up.

(oooooh….Get me Girlfriend!)

BR suggesting it’s an XC race fork to sit above the SID, with a 110x15mm axle.

RS have just uploaded a full shot. Looks to be ~100mm and I’m hoping it’s not some proprietary axle.

I’m hoping it’s not some proprietary axle.

Pretty sure it is. Something to help resist the twist in usd designs. 100mm widths are a bit old-roadie anyway, then the flanges moved in for discs, then wheels got bigger, so I’d like to see wider hubs on MTBs.

It looks like we’ve maybe /hopefully reached the point where carbon is allowing RS and the like to make up for the potential flex of usd forks by having a stiff and light carbon upper along with 20mm axle to hold things together.

I’m hoping it’s not some proprietary axle.
Pretty sure it is. Something to help resist the twist in usd designs. 100mm widths are a bit old-roadie anyway, then the flanges moved in for discs, then wheels got bigger, so I’d like to see wider hubs on MTBs.

Like Doug Bradbury did. On Manitou rigid forks. In about 1990.
Road bike standards. Crackers.

looks eye-wateringly expensive!

I’m hoping it’s not some proprietary axle.

Brand new reverse threaded 22.4mm backwards offset axle?

The hub is 110x15mm.

Still have no idea what predictive steering is.

GB

Gee – have you got more on that apart from the bloke stating it as fact in the Bikerumor comments I linked to above?

who cares what the axle is? hope/dt/everyone will (apart from chris king – where my xx1 freehub?) will have a conversion for current hubs available within days

hang on, its pictured with the hub, will come with a hub, so what about the axle says, will require a rebuild thats it

A Hans Dampf doesn’t fit with it being a short travel XC race fork…

Smallish rotors. Xc pedals. 1×11.

Screaming 120ish to 140ish travel trail fork so far.

What size wheels that?

I’ll tell you in a minute, just as soon as I’ve killed a kitten.

I like the look of that, nothing to interfere with the down tube. Wireless lockout?

Looks like a camber frame? 120mm probably? Doesn’t look beefy enough for a 140mm 9er fork.

Aracer, genuinely laughing at that! And now trying to explain why to Mrs CFH.

Some of us are still running 120mm travel upside down forks on our trail bikes from the last time they were the next big thing, c.2002! Must admit that one above is likely to be a shade lighter than my shivers though.

If I was right about the 32mm stanchion, then those stanchions are exactly 100mm long.

I based the 32mm stanchion on the very top of the steerer being 31.75mm (1.125″)

Knowing what state the guards are like on mine, I’m not sure I’d want USD forks without.

Would be amusing if RS went all 20mm Axel after everyone converted to 15mm cod we were told that was stiff enough

Of course if so it’s even more like the marzocchi RAC – how stiff were they ?, it’d loved to have owned one back in the day

solves stock control, how complicated would it be to create a 26/650b/29 fork from that starting point. Far easier than having to cast a variety of lowers.

Could there perhaps be a 25mm axle for this? Seeing it on a Spesh makes me wonder…….

I am sure someone can figure out a bit more based on the tapered steerer.

It’s an XC race fork.

Pointless from a performance perspective but looks cool I guess.

It’s an XC race fork.

Possibly; look at the spec of the bike pictures above though. Small (?160mm) rotor fits with that, but the tyre choice doesn’t.

Scoops of mud clearance but nowhere to run a bender fender. I’ll never be able to afford one anyway.