ShaunKC

OF COURSE THEY WANT YOU TO BUY A NEW BIKE TO FIT YOUR NEW FORK. If you could fit a new fork to your existing bike they wouldn't make any money.! Next year I'm waiting for my 185mm Avid disk rotors to be discontinued & replaced with 191.77mm rotors that don't match my brakes, 11gear rear casette that wont work with my 10gear cranks & anything else they can fettle with to make me have to change everything on my bike again. All because it's meant to be stiffer, lighter, more money & better.!

It's in black so your lovely expensive fork uppers can get scratched & look crap in no time at all.

Mountain Bikes are over priced. The cost has got nothing to do with the technology, weight or anything else. It's all about how much you can get people to pay for it. Ever noticed how last years £3000 model drops to £2000 in a sale & the new model with all the new technology conveniently comes in at the same basic price + a little bit more to see if they can get away with it! We've brought this on ourselves though. We always want something a bit more special & spend that little bit more for it each time. I'm as guilty as the next guy but if we didn't buy the high end bikes as much the price would come down.

Is it just me that thinks having black upper legs on this fork is a stupid idea? No1: Black upper legs look like they will scratch like crazy. I'm not sure but if you look at the photos above it looks like these brand new demo forks on brand new bikes are already getting scratches & marks on? No2: I'm sure black upper legs look great on some bike frame colours but if your upgrading these on to an existing bike there is a good change they wont work with your frame colour & make your £3000+ pride & joy look like a complete dogs dinner.!! maybe RockShox are only interested in the pre built market. A real shame as I own a set of Pike 454 Duel Air forks that I am looking to replace but I'm put off buying these because of the colour. Stupid I know but when your spending that much time & money on a bike getting something that doesn't scratch up & look rubbish matters.