Below its oversized carbon chassis, Fast-Black coated, 32-millimeter stanchion tubes slide effortlessly on bushings and seals which are constantly lubricated by the oil bath above them. Its tapered steerer tube and crown are a single piece of carbon which is then bonded to carbon legs that house just enough aluminum with which to thread its new remote-lockout Accelerator cartridge damper and Solo air-spring in place. One look says it all: RockShox did not follow the rules when it created the RS-1. (Silk handkerchiefs are included with every RS-1 to dry your tears.) Just in case you wanted to know, the RS-1 only fits 29-inch wheels, it can be configured for 80, 100 or 120-millimeters of travel, and it will cost $1865 USD.
By comparison, that is only 55 grams heavier than a SID World Cup fork. RockShox calls this a “Torque Tube hub” and the end result is an inverted cross-country racing fork that is more rigid than its conventional counterparts, and it weighs only 1666 grams (3.6 pounds). The adage: “lightweight, strong and economical – pick two ” could have been rewritten by RockShox as: “lightweight, torsionally stiff and standardized.” The eventual success of the RS-1 project was made possible by advances in carbon manufacturing, and by the decision to engage the SRAM family to develop the inverted fork and the front wheel as an integrated system dubbed, "Predictive Steering." The key player in this role is a special hub that employs a monstrous, 27-millimeter tubular axle which is clamped into place by a standard, 15-millimeter Maxle Ultimate through-axle. Turns out that RockShox’s original goal of maintaining torsional stiffness between the inverted sliders while keeping the weight of the fork competitive with its conventional brethren – AND doing so using standardized components – was far more elusive than the engineering team imagined it would be. Product manager Jed Douglas said that they have made a number of attempts and each time, the results were divided between two camps: good, but heavy or lightweight and flexy. RockShock’s designers were uncertain as to how long the inverted RS1 fork was in development. If you have any questions, please email us at 24/7 or call 88 Mon-Fri 10AM-6PM MST, Sat 10AM-5 PM MST, closed Sun.Five years in the making, the RockShox RS-1 became a reality when its creators abandoned convention and adopted a whatever-it-takes design criteria to solve the problems that haunted previous attempts to produce a successful inverted XC fork. Thank you for reading and we wish you well. Lastly, don't forget to stay in close contact with friends and family, especially those isolated. It certainly helps with stress and anxiety during difficult times. If you can get out and walk, hike or ride, then take advantage of it. We hope that this horrible situation ends soon and that everyone takes care of themselves both mentally and physically. We are committed to slowing the spread of Covid-19, and to keep our customers, employees, and communities safe.
Call ahead for curbside pickup or come to front door and we will grab your order for you. For local online customers, you can pick up your will-call orders at Peak Cycles. We have experienced very few delays for most of our US customers over the 2 weeks. We are not allowing any bike rentals or demos until further notice.įor online customers, is running at normal capacity as are our shipping companies USPS and Fedex. Our service department is also performing pick-up and drop-off of repair bikes outside.
We have a table and bike stands in front of the shop so we can bring products and/or bikes to you outside for purchase. Due to Covid-19 we are not allowing any customers into the shop at this time. In our Peak Cycles bike shop in Golden, Colorado we will continue to perform bike repairs and sales. We are taking every precaution necessary to remain open. We will remain open under normal business hours until further notice. On behalf of Peak Cycles and we hope that everyone is safe and well.
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