Is buying an RST fork a terrible mistake?

whitedragon101

My friend has just told me he has bought a Focus Fat Boy 2010 with an RST Omega-T RL 100mm fork for £499 from Wiggle. I see he could have had the Focus Killer Bee 2010 for £450 with a Rochshox Tora SL 100mm.

Focus Killer Bee 2010
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Focus ... 360045262/
Focus Fat Boy 2010
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Focus ... 360045243/

Should I tell him to send it back and get the Killer Bee??

supersonic

Like most brands, they do a range of forks form the budget (like we see a lot of) to the high end (which we see little of). RST actually make some Fox lower castings.

That Omega is not a bad fork, but I'd prefer the Tora.

whitedragon101

Thanks supersonic. That seems to be:

1 vote for return and get the Killer Bee

bennett_346

Those RSTs are horrible, ive had a go of a bike witht them on and they were extremely harsh no matter how they were adjusted. I don't know how much better, if at all, the RS will be mind, never rode them.

ilovedirt

Both are nice bikes, stunning VFM, the toras are a better fork i think, however, the RST's aren't the bottom of the bargain basement, you could do worse.

rockmonkeysc

The Tora SL fork is very nice, though if you are a bit on the heavy side like me (15.5 stone) you will need heavier springs fitted.

stewart.d.campbell

if you look at the rrp the killer bee was 750 originally and the fat boy 650 so it makes sense that the killer bee is better as it normaly costs more so your getting more for less cost.

cavegiant

RST make some nice forks, they are not suntour, but neither are the RS.

Get the Tora

sarkmeister

They only have mediums left in the Killer Bee, so your plan will only work if that is the size he wants...