|   Fox Float 100: R or RLC? | TechniKal
Feb 22, 2002 8:59 AM | | Decision time is upon me, so any feedback would be appreciated.
Me: 5'11" 160lb rider. Doing a little racing for the first time this year. Spend most of the time riding a mix of trails ranging from hairy technical stuff to tight, twisty singletrack. Been riding a SC Superlight with a SID XC for the last two years. I tend to set my forks and bikes up stiff - running very little sag.
The Bike: Hammerhead 100x. :)
The decision: Should I go for the R or the RLC?
The comments on the RLC is that compression damping doesn't seem to have a whole lot of impact. I can't imagine actually using a lockout - but then again, I've never had a fork that had one. My fear is without the lockout, I'll be bouncing all over the place on sprints and race starts with the 4" fork. This will be my only mountain bike, so it needs to be able to do it all.
Is the RLC worth it over the R?
Thanks,
Kyle |
| RLC | derby
Feb 23, 2002 1:00 PM | | I don't use one, but I've never raced (yet). A friend who does use a fork lockout (on another fork) say it makes a hugh difference. If you already run pretty firm when racing, maybe the difference isn't as much. With a 100mm fork it probably is significant though. If your a contender, the hole shot matters a lot and just using the lockout might give you a confidence edge. I'd get it and test with a watch in various conditions. It's really the only way to know.
Good luck! And nice bike!
- ray |
| the fox is a very smooth fork... | ibismojo
Feb 25, 2002 12:27 AM | | so any sudden movement forward will automatically throw you into the travel of the fork...meaning there's no stiction whatsoever. RLC is nice cause you can adjust the blow off threshold, meaning you can set at which point you want your lockout to be released automatically. In that sense...RLC is nice. Climbing out of the saddle on steep smooth hills with lockout is so so so nice :) |
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