Flexy Reba
Twelly
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On the first few rides on my Cube LTD Pro I noticed under hard braking the front wheel would flex towards the non drive side leg on the Reba so the tyre would kiss the inside of the fork. I figured the wheels were cheap and a bit flexy but the other day I undid the stem to align the bars with the front wheel, tightened up and put the front wheel between my legs and twisted the bars to check it was tight and I noticed a worrying amount of flex from the fork lowers. Same test on another bike witb Recons and nowhere near as bad. Swapped the wheels over and the Reba was still the flexy one.
Is this the price you pay for lighter forks?
Is this the price you pay for lighter forks?
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Pretty much, though that does sound like more flex than usual. Recons have a lot more material in the structure.
The Reba is now the budget XC fork of the range, though is often fitted to trail bikes.0 -
Typo right you mean Recon?
There's the 30 and xc below the Recon as far as I can see?0 -
Well as in a budget SID ;-). It is not now a top end fork in itself. I suppose more mid range.0
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The Reba is far from a budget fork.0
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It is far from the top end fork too. There is no doubt that the SID has been pitched to take over that duty. Still a good fork of course, but because itnow gets the lighter lowers it flexes more. It is now more XC than it used to be.0
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More XC? I thought it was always an XC fork :S0
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It started out as a 'trail' fork in 2005, replacing the Duke. Pike replaced the Psylo. Though it was under the banner of 'xc' back then, the designers always said it was not an out an out XC fork like the SID, but a tough fork for trails.
It now has the same chassis as the SID, but lower grade, heavier internals to differentiate it.
The Recon now gets the old Reba lower chassis. Even some Toras had the same lowers as Rebas is 2009!
Always been quite a confusing line up with a lot of crossover, but for the last year or two RS have decided not to develop it as its own platform. In fact at one they were going to just market it for the 29er market and drop it altogther from the 26er!
Bit of a shame really, but things are changing. With the Rev now becoming more of a trail fork, the Pike AM, the goal posts shift again. Personally I would have preferred the stiffer older reba chassis with lighter SID internals.
I think this is all come about because people see 120mm and lower as XC now.0 -
hi i had flex in my rebas
it turned out to be the skewer not sitting well in the fork leg !!
i put a different skewer in and perfect again (try a hope or super star or halo skewer)
the bad skewer was done up tight but it didn't grip sufficiently so moved under load and looked like fork flex , it was the wheel moving :x
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lon 456 wrote:i put a different skewer in and perfect again (try a SHIMANO)
Edited for the skewer you should try and use.0 -
Have used two different wheels with two different Shimano skewers. It's definitely the forks flexing I just wanted to know if I should worry or not. It would seem I just have to deal with it!0
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The flex in my Rebas has noticeably decreased (when trying to make it flex by turning the bars 90 degrees and pushing forwards) since changing from a Shimano XT skewer/Formula hub to a 9mm Superstar skewer and Specialised Stout hub. The actual difference out of the trail however... I can't say my riding experience has improved, just feels the same.
For the £13 it cost me for the skewer and hub, I guess it was worth it purely for sealed bearing silkyness and the weight loss!0
