Video: MRP Can Now Deliver a Fork Set Up and "Ready to Shred"
Press Release: MRP
MRP introduces a better way to upgrade your suspension. The “Ready to Shred” Package combines the most customizable forks on the market with a concierge experience that does the work for you, so you can spend more time on the trails, riding suspension that was made just for you.
The “Ready to Shred” package from MRP completely streamlines the suspension upgrade experience. Not everyone has local access to one of MRP's preferred dealers, the specialty tools required, the experience and knowledge needed, or even the time or desire to install and setup a product as technical as a suspension fork. And even if you do, are you going to turn down a heckuva headstart on the process? Let us do the work and we'll leave the riding to you.
MRP forks are built individually, to your specifications.There's no need to settle for "what's available" then throw money at personalizing it or, even worse, upgrading your brand new fork just to get the features you want. You choose your perfect MRP fork by selecting model, travel, offset, axle style, and color, then provide us with just seven tidbits of information so your fork can arrive prepped for quick and easy installation and tuned specifically for you. A fork that's "Ready to Shred."
Ready to Shred Installation Prep
We take care of the labor to make your installation a snap, typically taking only a few minutes and requiring nothing more than a common multitool. The steps we take include:
• Precision steerer tube cutting
• Starnut installation
• Crown race installation
• Inclusion of adapter for your brake brand and rotor size (if needed)
Not sure what headset you have, what your steerer tube length should be or if you need an adapter? No worries, we have guides on the website to help you identify this information, as well as live chat during business hours and agents available by phone.
• Precision steerer tube cutting
• Starnut installation
• Crown race installation
• Inclusion of adapter for your brake brand and rotor size (if needed)
Not sure what headset you have, what your steerer tube length should be or if you need an adapter? No worries, we have guides on the website to help you identify this information, as well as live chat during business hours and agents available by phone.
Ready to Shred Tuning
Here's where it gets really fun. We take into consideration the whole package when it comes to tuning: bike, rider, terrain and performance target. You'll answer a few questions about your weight, local terrain, and performance preferences and we'll arrive at the perfect baseline setup for you. After setting up thousands of riders over the years through product development, at demo events, and via tech support, our tuning database runs deep.
1. Bike: For both air and coil-sprung forks, we take the amount of travel into account in our spring settings. For Ramp Control-equipped forks, this influences our starting position in the range. For volume-adjustable forks, this dictates our starting volume.
2. Rider: Rider weight is the next consideration for both spring and damper setup. Weight and travel specifics help us arrive at both positive and negative air-chamber settings for air-sprung forks, and spring rate for coil-sprung forks.
3. Terrain: The characteristics of your primary riding terrain help us further home-in on the perfect spring setup. For instance, steep and feature-laden trails necessitate more spring support and increased bottom-out resistance.
4. Performance: Finally, we consider your performance preferences. Baseline damper settings (low-speed compression and rebound) are calculated from the spring settings arrived at from the above. Fine-tuning is accomplished by considering which you value more: big-hit performance and control or overall comfort.
2. Rider: Rider weight is the next consideration for both spring and damper setup. Weight and travel specifics help us arrive at both positive and negative air-chamber settings for air-sprung forks, and spring rate for coil-sprung forks.
3. Terrain: The characteristics of your primary riding terrain help us further home-in on the perfect spring setup. For instance, steep and feature-laden trails necessitate more spring support and increased bottom-out resistance.
4. Performance: Finally, we consider your performance preferences. Baseline damper settings (low-speed compression and rebound) are calculated from the spring settings arrived at from the above. Fine-tuning is accomplished by considering which you value more: big-hit performance and control or overall comfort.
Finishing Touches
With such a personalized fork, why not literally put your name on it? You get to choose your 8-character serial number, which can be any combination of letters, numbers and characters found on a standard keyboard. To top it off, as with all MRP suspension, your fork is dyno-tested to ensure perfect performance before heading out the door. With your custom fork, you'll find a "Ready to Shred" setup card explaining your tuning settings for future reference.
Say goodbye to generic forks and upgrade to an MRP fork, made truly just for you. Regularly a $39.95 upgrade when purchasing an MRP fork, the "Ready to Shred" package is free for a limited time. Click here to start building your fork.
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I had one of the earliest Ribbon Air models and an early Ribbon Coil. Both showed moments of brilliance on impacts with perfectly aligned forces, but were let down by severe friction that caused them to bind or fully lock out when there was significant bending moment.
Recently, MRP updated my Ribbon Coil to the new bushings and Chocoluxe glide rings and the problems appear to be solved. It no longer binds and locks out - at least not in the few rides I've done since the service - the coil spring is great, Ramp Control is a useful feature, and the damper performs well. Prior to the latest generation of internals, I can see why the reviews have been mixed. Now, it now belongs among the high-end products on the market - providing it continues to move freely in the presence of bending moments.
Finally, one thing has been constant throughout my MRP experience: MRP's customer service is the best in the suspension category. The product wasn't perfect, they took responsibility, they solved it, and did all of it quickly, politely, and transparently. Huge respect for these folks.
With the friction issue seemingly solved, I'm using a lot more travel - the appropriate amount - and may go up a spring rate. It's working as it should and living up to its potential. If you read a negative review of the Ribbon, dig deeper to determine whether the model tested had the old or new internals, as that may be the source of any problems.
Yes Noah's on various forums helping etc, which is really great, but unless you're in N. America you're a bit f**cked. I'll need to pay and extra £100-£200 to rectify...when all the same versions now come with these as standard because it's a known issue.
They're not new models with better dampers etc so of course it's been a problem hence the upgraded parts. I've tried selling mine, but the first question asked is..."do they have the upgraded parts?", then it's goodbye sale!
Every product improves over time. A newer version that performs better does not entitle us to free upgrades to the latest version. In the case of the Ribbon, some pre-2020 units fell short of expectations and MRP provides the upgrade at low cost. If you've had your fork for a while, your damper may be due for a service, which requires dedicated tools. When you send it in for the damper service, just pay a little extra - far less than the £100-£200 you speculated - for the updated internals. It's not a perfect situation and it's not as good as if all units worked perfectly prior to the update, but a remedy is available. There were reviews and forum discussions of these issues, so it wasn't an unknown situation.
We all know that SKF are probably the best, hence why RS forks are now coming with them as standard. But SKF are about £45 after market. Chocoluxe are double that at £90...then you have labour costs to fit them. And that's not including the cost of the bushings etc too. So when I say its £100-£200, this is the case due to import duty etc and labour costs in the UK.
Do I expect something for free? No. I expect that a 'premium' £800 fork to work out of the box and after 40 hours riding not to pack up.
The chocolux and bushings aren't an 'upgrade'; they're a necessity, hence why they're on the newer year models and I contend why they were offered 'free' in the first place.
Haaaaaahhahahaa. You're hilarious. Anyone left on here old enough to remember when mountainbiking used to actually be cool (and ironically enough was littered with suspension that actually risked causing potentially fatal crashes)?
@NoahColorado are you guys changing valving significantly based on rider / terrain or is it mostly just setting the dampers to the correct clicks with the stock shim setups?
So I bought the next Gen Ribbon Coil and sold the converted 36. There's something special about the way the MRP tracks the ground. I don't know if its the perfect amount of built in chassis flex or if the magic is in the damping. All I know is I have grip in weird off camber sections that I never have with any other fork and I have more support in the mid stroke without any harshness than I have ever experienced with any other setup. Plus the Ribbon coil is about the same weight as most air forks and just looks badass if you ask me.
I'm not selling this one!
We only recently discontinued the Rustler fork, an mtb fork for 20" wheels. With that product we learned a lot about the setup needs and performance considerations for very light shredders. More than anything else, mitigating friction is the chief concern.
Worst fork and waste of money ever.
It does nothing for trail chatter, there's so much friction/binding that there's no movement unless I hit something big, no matter settings.
Given that I live in Norway, it's absolutely horrible to get it shipped to Colorado for an upgrade to the new internals, it would cost me half a new top tier fork.
I really wish I could say something positive about it, as I bought it because I really believed in the whole concept of it, but it has only left a sour taste in my mouth.
From the Ribbon thread over on mtbr, I got the impression that I would have to ship it over to the states, to get any sort of service on the fork.
I've had these problems from day one, but it wasn't something that really mattered much until I started riding more long XC-ish rides, that's where it really feels like I'm riding a rigid fork, and my hands and neck starts cramping up, making it really unpleasant.
Sorry for being somewhat direct and rude in my original comment, but it's quite frustrating to spend ~1500 USD (shipping and customs are very expensive in Norway) on a fork that's pretty much not doing it's job.
The fork does a decent job in taking big hits, chassis is super stiff and it doesn't flex at all, and that's positive for when I'm riding more DH type trails, but that's not really what I use my hardtail for.
Is there any service center in Norway or Finland where they can replace the bushings and upgrade it to Choco Luxe internals?
And how much is it going to cost to get this already really expensive fork to perform?
Also, crown race installation? Does that imply I need to (personally) remove my current crown race, send it over to MRP, have them slide and jam it over the steerer and not be able to ride my bike (with the "old" fork) until the new fork has arrived?
Not saying the offer is bad as it is obviously a matter of "take it or leave it" but I honestly can't think of a situation where this service could actually come handy.
Re: crown race, the idea is you don't have to mess with your existing one. We include and install a new one on your new fork.
The situation where we think this whole offer is handy is if you want to be riding your new fork within minutes of its delivery -- not cutting the steerer, installing star nut, pulling your old crown race, re-installing it on your new fork, then consulting setup charts. If I got home from work at 6pm and my new fork was waiting for me, by the time I did all of the above, I better have my lights charged, because I'm night riding. Conversely, with all that prep and setup already done, I could go out and rip in the daylight!