Iwan Kemp Posted January 25, 2016 Share Calling something a game-changer is most often just marketing talk, but when RockShox released the new Pike in 2013 it did just that - it changed the game. Along came a fork that seemingly offered it all at a time when Enduro racing was booming.Click here to view the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted January 25, 2016 Share have to agree with this review...one amazing piece of kit my pike is Great performance that is serviceable, and tjoonable without a needing a masters in fluid dynamics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanD Posted January 25, 2016 Share Sjo, R17500....i could get a whole new bike for that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted January 25, 2016 Share Sjo, R17500....i could get a whole new bike for that price.Sadly, that's the USD talking. Top end models are around $ 1,100 or so. So - at the current ROE, we're being screwed. Pretty much on par with competitor offerings in terms of pricing, with Fox and DVO being even more expensive for their top end offerings. AlanD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermophage Posted January 25, 2016 Share Sadly, that's the USD talking. Top end models are around $ 1,100 or so. So - at the current ROE, we're being screwed. Pretty much on par with competitor offerings in terms of pricing, with Fox and DVO being even more expensive for their top end offerings.Very glad I upgraded in October! :|But even then the Pike was around R13500...Not that I got one of those though AlanD, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and rouxtjie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcBurger Posted January 25, 2016 Share At the rate of the rand, the R17.5K is just future-proofing the article. For at least a week or two.A few months time it will be "Yoh, under 20K, bargain". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatt Posted January 25, 2016 Share Upgraded from a Revelation to a Pike 3 weeks ago. It is amazing, and yes I got stung almost R17k for it.. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit031 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Where did you get those spokes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwan Kemp Posted January 26, 2016 Share Where did you get those spokes?wheelbuilder.com They are DT Swiss Aerolites. wheelbuilder have stock of all lenghts and only took a couple of weeks to get them here from the states. Bizkit031 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dirkieuys Posted January 26, 2016 Share Where do you get these tokens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted January 26, 2016 Share Where do you get these tokens?CRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwan Kemp Posted January 26, 2016 Share Where do you get these tokens? Your LBS will be able to order from Cape Cycle Systems who are the RS agents in SA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawler Posted January 26, 2016 Share Where do you get these tokens? They come in the box. Even my complete bike came with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Backstrom Posted January 26, 2016 Share Not sure why I read this great review. I think we all knew how great it was going to be. My article would have gone something like this, RS Pike it is awesome. The End SimpleDom and Iwan Kemp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted January 26, 2016 Share Thank goodness I splashed out on one of these early last year. About R8k aus Deutschland aus. I have the travel adjust version which I love. I bottomed it out once on a dh track during an enduro but discovered I had too little air in it. Since then, all good. Just done a lower leg oil change - easy peasy with seals still perfect and oil hardly dirty after ten months. Iwan Kemp, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and rouxtjie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted January 26, 2016 Share Thank goodness I splashed out on one of these early last year. About R8k aus Deutschland aus. I have the travel adjust version which I love. I bottomed it out once on a dh track during an enduro but discovered I had too little air in it. Since then, all good. Just done a lower leg oil change - easy peasy with seals still perfect and oil hardly dirty after ten months. gooi two tokens in, then the ramp at the end will stop you from bottoming...but still have double thick creme freche in the beginning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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