Lust…..
Feast you’re eyes on the 2008 Rock Shox SID. 2008 marks the 10th anniversary for the SID design. SID stands for Superlight Integrated Design. Totally revamped design for ‘08. It was very much needed. Some upgrades from the older SID(sometimes known as Squid) are as follows.
1: 32mm stanchions(improved from the older 28mm upper tubes). This will increase the rigidity a ton.
2: The lower legs are equipped with what are called "power bulges" to increase stiffness even more
3: Scaled down guts. The damper assembly and dual air assembly are you could say shrunk from the old style. The lower legs are now hollow allowing the fork to save weight(think Marzocchi forks)
4. No more carbon crown/steerer. Back to good old aluminum. Its a forged crown.
5. Its still using the always dependable Dual Air spring assembly which has been its motto over the years.
6. Black Box motion control damper. It comes with a titanium spring and a few carbon control knobs.
7. Claims to be lighter yet stiffer then is counterpart the Rock Shox Reba.
8. The baby blue is BACK!!!
I have been running SID forks for over 6 years now. I was planning on getting a new fork next spring. Initially I wanted to get a Reba. I like the SID but my biggest gripe with it was how flexy it really was. As my riding style has progressed over the years I’ve noticed it more and more. I wanted a new fork that still will be much stiffer, yet lightweight being that most of my mt. biking on the new hardtail is cross-country oriented. The minute I saw a picture of this fork I knew I wanted one. Availability is sometime in Feb. of ‘08. I’m hoping QBP will have them in stock in time for Frostbike. Super stoked and from what I can tell, Rock Shox did a good job on this one. I can’t wait until we go back out to SRAM in January for their STU(Sram Technical University) program. I hope to get to service this new gem up front and personal. Cheers to Sram.
As you probably know I had to drop out of this years 24 Hours of Afton due to a pain in my right kneecap that wouldn’t allow me to pedal a bike. It became so bad I could barely walk. I took almost exactly two months off the bike after that race. I went out on a ride last week and the pain was still there. Something is wrong. After doing some research and talking to some people I may have figured out what might be wrong with my knee. Chondromalacia: which in short is defined as a "irritation of cartilage behind the patella. Basically just too much for my knee to handle. I still think part of it was using brand new shoes that I just threw on. After referring to my Aunt(who is a physical therapist for runners) it sounds like this may be my problem. I plan on visiting the doctor in a few weeks. Thankfully the fix for this is just physical therapy. It may take up to 6-8 weeks to heal. I’m just thankful this didn’t happen in early June. But, I am bummed because I can’t do any more riding for awhile. I love riding my bike in the fall and this is a big bummer. I’m gonna have to find some other form of activity to keep my in shape for awhile. Haven’t quite figured it out yet. I can’t ride a bike, I HATE running, and I don’t have rollerskis. I’ve got plenty of time to figure that out though. Thats all for now, I’ve got to write up my resume. Yikes, gonna have to do some homework on that. Cheers
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