Pike 454 air u-turn replacement
jasonw311
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My Pike 454's have been back to Rockshox 3 times with the same problem - loosing air and knocking at the end of the rebound stroke.
Pike spares to repair the forks are no longer available. Rockshox have therefore offered to replace the forks with a pair of Sektor Coil u-turn forks foc.
Can anyone advise how these forks compare. Whilst I believe it may be a slight downspec?? I do want a fairly robust fork as I weigh around 16 1/2 stone. Any thought on this offer also.
Pike spares to repair the forks are no longer available. Rockshox have therefore offered to replace the forks with a pair of Sektor Coil u-turn forks foc.
Can anyone advise how these forks compare. Whilst I believe it may be a slight downspec?? I do want a fairly robust fork as I weigh around 16 1/2 stone. Any thought on this offer also.
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They are not as tough, different structure. Closest replacement is the new alu legged Argyle.0
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Has it been fixed each time and broken again or is it the same fault never fixed?
As you've got the air u-turn it's probably a trail bike, i'd be pushing for a revelation RLT dual position air, if you're on 140 max (frame) then ask them to space it down to 140, which may be possible but i haven't pulled mine apart to see how they work.0 -
Still got the problem of robustness - the Pike is tougher and stiffer. Might not break a Rev of course lol, but the forks do have different uses.
This is the closest replacement:
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Depends on what he's using it for though...
If hard hitting then sure an argyle, but if it's more a trail bike (air u-turn certainly sounds more trail than hard hitting based on my old ones) then the rev has closer functionality, with the DPA spring0
