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RockShox Pike RCT3 Dual Position Air trail fork


The Travel-adjust version of RockShox’s benchmark trail fork delivers user-friendly damping and geometry control but it’s noticeably more linear than the Solo Air Pike.

Adding the 30mm travel switch technology adds an extra 100g and 99$ but it’s still a decent weight for a travel-adjust fork and stiffness is good. There’s no external high-speed compression adjustment but the Charger damper is immaculately controlled through hard and fast hits. Being able to switch between locked ‘climb’, firmer ‘pedal’ and low-speed compression adjustable ‘open’ mode for descending simplifies set-up for most riders too. The Dual Position fork has a noticeably linear stroke and you can’t add ‘Bottomless Token’ volume reducers to ramp up the spring rate like you can on the fixed-travel Solo Air version. The transition from ultratraction smoothness to impressively composed block and drop swallowing makes it a mostly worry free way to lead your attack on the trail though. Reliability of the multiple sets we’ve ridden has been excellent. You even get the parts for your first service included in the box, which is a nice user friendly, value enhancing  touch.

Travel 130/160mm
Weight 1,950g
Length 553mm
Wheel sizes 26in, 650b, 29in (150mm)

PRICE 1290$






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