Sometimes, the bike industry throws cost-conscious consumers a bone, and the 2024 RockShox Psylo Gold RC is a meaty one. Travis has been chewing on it for a couple weeks now, and he’s got a review with almost no flesh-based metaphors.
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Radar Roundup: New RockShox SID, Limited Ortlieb Bags, Ripton Artist Series, Taco Pedal Re-Up, and Riv Re-Ups
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
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Radar Roundup: Specialized Adventure Returns?, New Pike, Nukeproof Scout, MYTHOS ELIX, and Brooks Take Care
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
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Sage Titanium Releases the Storm King GP
Sage Titanium’s Storm King is the brand’s flagship gravel bike and for 2022, the brand offers up a revamp on this model with a RockShox Rudy fork and new, custom anodizing. Check out the press release from Sage below!
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Our RockShox Rudy and XPLR Video
We posted this video within today’s Reportage but here it is in a stand-alone post. Thanks to Kyle Klain for whipping this up on such short notice.
Music by Afsky…
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The RockShox Rudy XPLR Gravel Fork and SRAM AXS XPLR: John Reviews His Sklar Gravel Bike
We joke that time is a flat circle in cycling all too often. Gravel bikes are just ’90s mountain bikes, etc. Yet, we have to accept that we’re in an era of electronic shifting and yes, suspension forks on gravel bikes. This tech, however, is nothing new especially not for RockShox, who for the 1994 Paris Roubaix unveiled a suspension fork on team Lemond GAN’s bikes. In that same year, Mavic even had some Zap electronic groups on the exact same bikes.
Now, 27 years later, we have my Sklar gravel bike which is familiar to most of you, with a suspension fork and electronic shifting, under the banner of SRAM and RockShox’s new XPLR lineup (explore, not explorer). While I haven’t taken on the Hell of the North, I have spent a lot of time being a weirdo in the woods on this kit and have a really fun review to share with y’all, so read on below.
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The New RockShox Reverb Stealth Gets a Port at the Post Head
Your RockShox Reverb dropper is going to need service at some point and with the new Stealth Reverb design it’s easier than ever. With RockShox’s new Reverb Stealth port design, you can now remove the saddle, depress the valve, compress the post and reset. The result is the air is channeled back into the chamber leaving the oil where it is supposed to be. The Reverb Stealth post body is now shorter too. Head on over to RockShox to see more.
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The Updated RockShox Pike
My favorite fork got an upgrade by the fine folks at RockShox. The new and improved Pike now features a lighter chassis, with a 150g reduction, a Charger 2 damper with OneLoc remote compatibility, a new DebonAir spring and will fit boosted, plus sized 27.5″ tires (up to 2.8″). Expect these to hit retail shelves this month with an MSRP of $875 – $1,000. See more at SRAM.
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RockShox Brings Back the Judy with 27.5 / 29 Boost Compatibility
Sometimes the classics are worthy of a resurrection. The RockShox Judy Gold RL gives you the options for a 2.8″ tire on either a 27.5+ or 29+ platform and 80, 100 or 120mm of travel. The new and improved Judy uses Motion Control RL damping, Solo Air springs and OneLoc remote compatible. Expect these to hit your local dealer in April with a retail of $380-450. Check out more at RockShox.
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Geoff McFetridge for RockShox
You may or may not remember this project. RockShox reached out to a handful of artists back in 2011 to design decal sets for their forks. Geoff was one of them, bringing his playful typography and animals to the design palette. You can see the other artwork over at PinkBike.
Great find, Tracko!
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RockShox French Lessons
The French need no introduction to mountain biking. But what is it that makes them so fast..?
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RockShox Wishes You a Happy Fucking Friday
This is so good!
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Six Months With the Surly Ice Cream Truck: A Three-Season Review
Six months ago, I hung up my modern mountain bike and began riding a fat bike with thumb shifters and cable brakes as my only bike. Accustomed to the niceties of lightweight wheels, four piston brakes, and an 11-speed drivetrain, I’ll admit I didn’t have a lot of faith in this experiment. I had a feeling I would be itching to get back on my other bike long before the snow melted.
You see, not especially long ago, I held some fairly strong opinions about fat bikes. I worked in mountain bike media, had access to all the newest technology, and was convinced that fat bikes were so far outside the realm of acceptable mountain bikes that I chose to write them off. To me, it seemed that fat bikes were being marketed as mountain bikes but were really just inflated touring bikes. That is, until I had the chance to spend six months on the Surly Ice Cream Truck with a RockShox 100-millimeter travel Bluto fork.
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Baum Cycles: Purple Extensa SS MTB
I have a thing for purple bikes and this singlespeed BAUM Extensa is making me feel all warm inside. Seriously, wow. Head over to the BAUM Flickr for more!
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RockShox Turns it Upside Down with the Inverted RS-1
In 1989 Paul Turner and Steve Simon built the first RS-1 fork. Now, in 2014 RockShox resurrects the RS-1 name and a fresh design that’s clearly a nod to the Australian MTB market. Or something. More to come… You guys are smart, figure it out.
