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Looking for crown mounted lock out, 15mm or 20mm axle in Black.
So far the best I can find is;
RCT3 in White £477
White RLT remote lock out £360
RCT3 in White £430
Black RLT crown lock out £400
have i missed any?
I bought the revelation RLTs from one one about 2 months ago for 299.99. I guess they may go back down.
Thinking of getting the one from bike-components.de but the last 2 pairs I've had have both needed warranty work so am a bit concerned about buying / returning forks to Germany
I suggest you give Simon at [url= http://locotuning.co.uk/ ]Loco Tuning[/url] a call. I recently bought Rev Rct3's from him for cheaper than you have mentioned you can get them from Merlin, but they come fully serviced from him so you won't get any problems like you describe from the German shops.
Simon really is great to deal with 😉
Gordymac
I recently bought the Rct3's from Simon - they were more than the Merlin price 🙁
Wait for a merlin offer, they seem to be fairly frequent!!
Wow I paid £399 in Jan for my RCT3 from Merlin. 😯
I paid £314 from Merlin for my RCT3s dual airs. I'm beginning to think that was a pricing error 😛
They're great forks though. I reckon they're better than Fox 140 RLC FITs and they're circa £700 RRP so the RockShox are still a good deal at £450 ish.
Oh, and you can give up looking for 20mm forks. Fishers stopped importing 20mm Revs for 2012.
Have ordered a set of white RCT3s from Simon @ Loco. Best UK price and he checks / sets them up included. Cheaper than Merlin but not quite as cheap as getting them from Germany.
I very nearly bought Rev dual airs but in the end I paid 508 for a pair of Bomber 44 RC3 Ti from Chain Reaction. If you can live without the lockout and 200g or so extra weight.....
This isn't a bad price, providing you don't mind remote lockout.
I suspect you can remove the lockout remote if you wish, might require a bit of internal fettling.
can the travel be reduced on these with spacers, and is the RCT damper worth the extra dosh?
Dual air can be reduced. Loco are reducing mine to 130 mm. RCT3 DNA is meant to be better than the old RLT Ti ones. Not certain I'll notice..
can the travel be reduced on these with spacers, and is the RCT damper worth the extra dosh?
Yep, travel can be reduced with spacers (2x10mm) which should be included in the box. It's not too hard to do yourself if you're confident at taking forks apart. The instructions are on the SRAM website.
The RCT3 is supposed to be better, but it's mainly for the extra dials. The actual damper mechanism is more or less the same in all the DNA MoCo 2012 forks, I think. Considering I haven't seen the RCT3s for less than £500 recently, I'd say that it's not worth spending an extra £150 for it.
ok thanks, I find the RS range a bit baffling...! I have some 2008 Revs and don't totally click with then, tempted to get some new ones...
The Revs are now a completely different fork now though. When released c.2005 (Basically the same chassis as your 2008 forks), the Revs were kinda budget. Whereas now they're the 'flagship' trail fork and longer travel but also lighter, stiffer and better-damped. The 2008 ones had a fairly basic MoCo damper, the new ones have much posher DNA MoCo.
All in all, the 2012 versions are significantly better than the 2008 forks.