Rock Shox upgrades the finest Sid fork

For the next model year, the top fork from the Sid series will be even more sophisticated. Rockshox is giving the Sid World Cup cross country racing fork a new fork crown and a steerer tube made of lightweight carbon.

The new crown and steerer tube of next year's Sid World Cup are combined in a hollow carbon fiber component. The dip tube unit has also been adapted. Rockshox has dispensed with the carbon inserts on the fork crown, which characterized the 2009 model, and now manufactures it entirely from magnesium. Reinforcements, known as "power bulges" at Rockshox, are intended to keep the fork tube unit stiff and light at the same time. The inner workings of the fork remain unchanged.

For the new Sid World Cup, Rockshox specifies a weight of 1400 grams - with an unshortened steerer tube and including the PushLoc lever for adjusting the fork from the handlebars. Rockshox has left the travel unchanged at either 80 or 100 millimeters. The longer-travel fork will not only be available in white, but also in black.

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