I'm having a hard time making a decision on a fork for an upcoming Ragley Blue Pig build (optimized for 130-150mm travel). I know I want a coil setup (too heavy for air and want a simple coil fork with big travel) and I'm stuck at a crossroads here.
I can buy a 2011 Rockshox Sektor RL Coil U-Turn (110-150mm) 20QR for $420 and it comes with a free Cane Creek S8 headset or
I've found a 2010 Rockshox Pike 454 Coil 140mm 20QR non-U-Turn for under $400 or a
2009 Fox Van 36 RC2 160mm 20QR (without the bundled 2 extra coils for diff rider weights) for $660.
The Pike and Van both will come without a warranty as I'm buying it secondhand but both are new or new take-offs.
Is the Fox really that much better to justify the price? With the Sektor, headset and cost of frame, I'm still $30 ahead of the Fox with only a headset and no frame.
Being a weekend rider in the midwest, will I really see the $300 difference in ride quality?
Pike is the old Sektor. I would not buy Pike anymore. Sektor is $340 on Universal (15% coupon).
Do not know about the Blue Pig, but after riding a massive fork on my TransAm I thought it is an overkill. And it seems nowadays RockShox is better regarded then Fox. (My favorites are Magura, then RockShox)
Hate to spam, but I have a buddy selling a 2010 Fox 36 Van RC2 for less than that. Tapered though, so not sure if that will work for you. Shoot me a PM if you are interested
I'm having a hard time making a decision on a fork for an upcoming Ragley Blue Pig build (optimized for 130-150mm travel). I know I want a coil setup (too heavy for air and want a simple coil fork with big travel) and I'm stuck at a crossroads here.
I can buy a 2011 Rockshox Sektor RL Coil U-Turn (110-150mm) 20QR for $420 and it comes with a free Cane Creek S8 headset or
I've found a 2010 Rockshox Pike 454 Coil 140mm 20QR non-U-Turn for under $400 or a
2009 Fox Van 36 RC2 160mm 20QR (without the bundled 2 extra coils for diff rider weights) for $660.
The Pike and Van both will come without a warranty as I'm buying it secondhand but both are new or new take-offs.
Is the Fox really that much better to justify the price? With the Sektor, headset and cost of frame, I'm still $30 ahead of the Fox with only a headset and no frame.
Being a weekend rider in the midwest, will I really see the $300 difference in ride quality?
I just picked up a new bike with the sektor RL coil and have done 5-6 rides. I have another bike with a pike u-turn coil that I've ridden for 4 years.
At a similar price and assuming both are u-turn, I'd prefer the pike, but the difference is slight and the sektor is probably not yet broken in properly. Both are great riding forks and handle chop quite well.
List price on the sektor is less than old list on the pike. How RS managed to pull this off is a mystery to be, but I'd say the sektor is a great value.
Key IMHO is whether or not the fork is a u-turn. Adjustability is very helpful for where I ride and my sektor is not a u-turn. I miss that feature most of all. If it was between a u-turn sektor and a non u-turn pike I'd choose sektor hands down.
arnt all moco's the same? anyways a sektor pretty much is a new pike. id go for the sektor, imo the 36 is a bit overkill and for the weekend rider you wont notice a difference.
arnt all moco's the same? anyways a sektor pretty much is a new pike. id go for the sektor, imo the 36 is a bit overkill and for the weekend rider you wont notice a difference.
Tora, Recon and new Sektor have cheapest one which does not have floodgate adjustment. Their lower speed compression adjustment woks more on/off comparing to Reba, Relevation and Pike.
Tora, Recon and new Sektor have cheapest one which does not have floodgate adjustment. Their lower speed compression adjustment woks more on/off comparing to Reba, Relevation and Pike.
Tora does not have Motion Control. Motion Control on Sektor RL is the same as everywhere else. You are talking about the external Floodgate threshold, right? I never cared about it, but I guess your mileage may vary.
Tora does not have Motion Control. Motion Control on Sektor RL is the same as everywhere else. You are talking about the external Floodgate, right? I never cared about it, but I guess your mileage may vary.
Tora does not have Motion Control nowadays. Motion control in Sektor is the same as on other current "RL" forks, and works just as well. If you feel the need to adjust floodgate with a knob, then it is important to you. It is not important to me - they ride just the same when it counts.
I would go for the sektor aswell. The sector is pretty much exactly the same is the pike 351 (the specialized oem model), but has updated lowers with the bushing bulge. That particular pike was just a recon 351 with pike lowers, a pecon if you will haha. All are good, simple, light and very easy to work on which is a plus.
Bottom line- pike is an awesome fork, one for the history books. The sektor just has a slightly less adjustable moco, but same performance and stiffness. But cheaper!
I wouldnt even look at the van, overkill for a bluepig. If it were talas, then it would be worth looking into. Not only that, fox forks are not as easy to work when compare to a RS fork. RS are so simple to work on.
So Sektor is sharing rebound damper part with Revelation RL (18a 11.4015.397.010 18b 11.4015.397.030) and compression damper with Recon Motion Control (11.4015.460.040)
I am not sure how you jump to a logical conclusion that there is anything bad about it or that it performs any differently. They work just the same.
It most certainly performs just as well as Pike, in my opinion - but then I do not suffer from the Princess and the pea syndrome.
I'm having a hard time making a decision on a fork for an upcoming Ragley Blue Pig build (optimized for 130-150mm travel). I know I want a coil setup (too heavy for air and want a simple coil fork with big travel) and I'm stuck at a crossroads here.
I can buy a 2011 Rockshox Sektor RL Coil U-Turn (110-150mm) 20QR for $420 and it comes with a free Cane Creek S8 headset or
I've found a 2010 Rockshox Pike 454 Coil 140mm 20QR non-U-Turn for under $400 or a
2009 Fox Van 36 RC2 160mm 20QR (without the bundled 2 extra coils for diff rider weights) for $660.
The Pike and Van both will come without a warranty as I'm buying it secondhand but both are new or new take-offs.
Is the Fox really that much better to justify the price? With the Sektor, headset and cost of frame, I'm still $30 ahead of the Fox with only a headset and no frame.
Being a weekend rider in the midwest, will I really see the $300 difference in ride quality?
I don't know a whole lot about Motion Control, but wouldn't not having Floodgate make it better? I know I like Mission Control on the Lyrik a whole lot better without Floodgate. It feels noticeably more plush.
I don't know a whole lot about Motion Control, but wouldn't not having Floodgate make it better? I know I like Mission Control on the Lyrik a whole lot better without Floodgate. It feels noticeably more plush.
Yes, a fork is more plush if MC is off. You just want ultimate plushness you don't need MC.
MC (low speed compression adjustment) should prevent fork diving under heavy braking. Floodgate adjustment helps with finding the sweet spot when a fork is still plush and does not dive too much.
so high speed and low speed adjustments are essential to a good fork? i bet in your mind then over half of mtbr is riding on crappy forks. tell me, is my 55 tst2 with shim stack a good fork?
Yes, a fork is more plush if MC is off. You just want ultimate plushness you don't need MC.
MC (low speed compression adjustment) should prevent fork diving under heavy braking. Floodgate adjustment helps with finding the sweet spot when a fork is still plush and does not dive too much.
Again, maybe this has nothing to do with Motion Control, but Floodgate and low speed compression are two separate adjustments on a Mission Control fork. Floodgate gives a platform effect to help with pedalling efficiency, and low speed reduces fork dive like you said. Just turning Floodgate off doesn't remove the platform effect 100% though. That's why physically removing the Floodgate portion of the damper gives better performance for riders who don't care about pedalling platforms in their fork. A Lyrik with Floodgate removed still has all other damping adjustments working as normal to control fork movement as needed.
It could be a completely different story for Motion Control...
The 36 Van rules over the other two, but it's too tall for a Pig. The Blue Pig feels pretty good with 140, and maybe better with 130ish. Thus, the best deal is the Sektor. Adjust Uturn until you're happy with the handling.
Done and done.
Footnote: floodgate sucks and makes the fork less active. I didn't spend fat stacks of cash on a 160mm fork so i could lock it out. I intend to swap out my Lyrik's Mission Control damper for a DH damper.
so high speed and low speed adjustments are essential to a good fork? i bet in your mind then over half of mtbr is riding on crappy forks. tell me, is my 55 tst2 with shim stack a good fork?
lets go to the subject. did i say Sektor is a bad fork? My point Pike is better because it has a functional MC.
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