29er fork Upgrade

allotropic

Hi folks,

I'm looking to upgrade the fork on my Scott scale 29er team, currently a Rockshox Tora TK.

I shave found the following...

Rockshox Reba RL for £288
Rockshox SID RL for £314

Both 100mm with QR.

I tend to use the bike for trail and XC, and am off to the peaks in few weeks for a skills course so it would be nice to get a fre rides in before the trip.

I have about £300-350 to spend and it need to cope with me being a bit heavier than most at a tad over 16 stone.

Suggestions and thoughts appreciated.

Cheers

ddraver

For your size, and if you have easily convertible hubs, I'd go for a 15mm axle every time. Rebas are a tad stiffer than SID's but otherwise I think all the internals are the same. To be honest I don't think there is a major difference between the two (someone will no doubt enlighten us though...), if you ride XC then use the XC fork so go SID

allotropic

Thanks.

I realised i should have said i ride mostly Trail and XC, fingers were clearly slower than my brain when typing

ddraver

Balance of do you prefer stiffness over weight then really....

allotropic

I assume (maybe wrongly) from what you are saying that the Reba RL will be stiffer than the SID RL?

To be honest saving a few pounds on the slightly lighter SID is not an issue with a lump like me on the bike.

The SID has only come into the equation as it's not much more cash than the Reba.

ddraver

I was in t same position with 26in versions, I could find nothing to seperate the forks on apart from weight and a 15mm axle on SID or 20 on t REBA.

I think Rebas are a bit stiffer whereas SIDs are a bit lighter. Really I went with SID cos I think 15mm is the way low-travel forks are headed...

Really think there is that little to separate them...

(Edited for phone spazwangleness)

downhillbike

how about a manitou tower

allotropic

downhillbike wrote:

how about a manitou tower

I must confess I've not really looked at the Manitou forks, but i'll take a look, thanks.