"It's in Revelations people!?"

...a Simpsons line to introduce the topic of this post. If you don't remember it, you are too young, or not immature enough.

Rockshox Revelation RL Forks. Mine, all mine. Mwhahahaha! When these babies turned up I had a burning desire to rub them all over my body. I succumbed to that desire. They are just that hot. I chose not to blog that photo. Here I am playing them like a guitar, wearing my sunglasses inside, at night. How cool am I?

 

So I cannot wait to get these onto the bike. They are wicked and will look the shit too (note: "the shit" as distinct and polar opposite to "shit").

The Shit = awesome
Shit = shit.

Capish?

Now, the forks were probably the hardest fucking part to source for the bike. I mused, I mulled, I asked, I reviewed, nearly bought, then didn't, scratched my head, scratched my ass, procrastinated, compared, wondered, and got the shits. Then, when I thought I wouldn't find what I was after, Santo to the rescue.

What for him was a serious case of, well, the shits, turned out to be a blessing for me, for an off work, sick (and bored) Santo = a web crawler, hell bent on finding a bargain. He stood, he delivered.

I've actually never run Rockshox before. The Giant has a set of juicy Fox Talas on it. Which granted are more high end than these Revelations, but mine lacked two things the Revelations has:

- A 15mm thru axle rather than 9mm QR skewer to stiffen up the front end. I specifically wanted this as I find my current bike with the 9mm axle flexes a little more than I like up front.
- A remote suspension lock out for the climbs, which was a nice little surprise as I didn't realise this was the remote lock out version.

Finding forks was one of those classic cases of the ones you want being just that little bit out of the price bracket you are looking at. I scoured soooo many sites, compared so many shocks, prices, sizes, brands etc... My two main choices before these came along were Rockshox Sektors (a rung or two down from the Revelation) or I was considering an organ donation from the Giant of the Talas forks.

The Talas do have travel adjust, so 150mm forks can become 120 or 140 at the flick of a switch (which when you are doing XC, 120mm is more than enough travel). These will simply be 150mm or complete lock out. Probably not quite as good but good nonetheless.

Again, added difficulty in purchasing due to the various options and compatibilities. The "steerer" (the part that slots into the head tube of the bike frame) comes in a few different configurations. Mine is a 1-1/8th. I'll need to cut there steerer down to size (which is pretty normal as people run different fork angles using different head sets and spacers).

Now these forks are worth around the $700 mark. I got them for $411. I high fived myself with this one. Thanks again Santo for the find.

Progressive costs:
Actual: $2499.73
Estimated: $2393.30
If RRP: $4592.98

Eat the pudding eat the pudding eat the pudding eat the pudding eat the pudding eat the pudding,
Justin.