Front shock recommendation.

irvs
irvs Posts: 204
edited May 2012 in MTB buying advice
Afternoon everyone. Im really not liking the feel of the standard front shock on my giant revel 1, it's a suntour sr with 80mm travel and is pretty rubbish. I want to upgrade it to a shock with all the "bells and whistles" I've started to race in some xc events so I'd like the shock to also be light. Sadly I haven't a clue what's good or bad shocks seem to confuse me :(
Would anyone have some recommendations for a shock with 100mm of travel and with a budget of £400???

Thanks Neil

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    RockShox Reba RLT would be a good bet.
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  • irvs
    irvs Posts: 204
    Thanks for the advice, I'll have a look into this shock.

    Thanks neil
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Most people will call it a fork by the way.......
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  • Long_Time_Lurker
    Long_Time_Lurker Posts: 1,068
    *comes in looking to recommend a Reba, leaves satisfied*
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  • benpinnick
    benpinnick Posts: 4,148
    Merlin are doing 100mm Sid RCT3 for just £350 at the moment. This is a great 100mm fork. Worth every penny.
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  • irvs
    irvs Posts: 204
    Just looked at the reba looks and sounds good, what's everyone's thoughts on fox forks???
    I'm seeing loads of them in the magazine adverts and YouTube vids are they as good as rockshock or the same just over priced???

    Thanks neil
  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    presumably you're on a tight-ish budget? Fox forks are good, however their equivalent to rockshox etc is much more expensive. Unless you're going to go for one of their top of the range models, they're not worth it. Their low end models are pretty crap compared to Rockshox' high end stuff.
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  • irvs
    irvs Posts: 204
    Thanks, rockshox reba it is then :)

    Neil
  • benpinnick
    benpinnick Posts: 4,148
    Why not the SID?
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  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    benpinnick wrote:
    Why not the SID?
    This
  • 70\ʹspenguin
    70\ʹspenguin Posts: 957
    bennett_346 wrote:
    benpinnick wrote:
    Why not the SID?
    This
    +1
  • irvs
    irvs Posts: 204
    I'm a sucker for brand names :(
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    RockShox make the SID ;-) Is a good deal, a lighter version of the Reba with more expensive machined internals.
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  • benpinnick
    benpinnick Posts: 4,148
    Quite. The Sid is Reba's lighter brother. Looks very similar, but weighs less and the RCT3 damping is excellent.
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  • tarbot18
    tarbot18 Posts: 531
    instead of spending more on a shock than your bike cost why not get a voodoo hoodoo for £405 with discounts, its got a decent shock and flog your old bike .......
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