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08_Rockshox RS1 (1)
Mountain Bike's success grew exponentially in 1990. Riding through rough terrain became a most common practice, and with it, the need to improve comfort and adherence. First suspension attempts on stem-based concepts existed (Girvin, Allsop) but did not manage to break through. Paul Turner, a suspension engineer formerly working for Honda, created the suspension fork that simply and irreversibly disrupted our sport. Bikes suddenly became true mountain bikes when equipped with the RockShox RS1, leaving the historical gravel paths. 20mm of travel, air pressure, oil damping: ingredients were right from the beginning. First generations were flexy as hell, leaking regularly, but these small flaws were immediately forgiven once you could ride one of these forks. Added comfort and security helped spread them within 2 years to most of brands as OEM and in 1992, with the Rock Shox Mag 21, a new market standard was set.
Rockshox, now a SRAM subsidiary, is still one the 2 strongest Suspension brands. In 2014, Rockshox innovated once more with the release of an upside-down fork. This crazy product did not get the deserved success, amongst other reasons because of an insane price and a proprietary axle, similar (110mm wide) but also different (disc placed 10mm outward) to the boost standard. In 2015, Rockshox launched a limited edition (200 forks) 25th anniversary version of this inverted fork. Sticker design and color were a tribute to the first RS1.
This rare model had to be at the front of the #35yearsMTBHistoryProject.
More infos: RockShox - Wikipedia
08_Rockshox RS1 (1)
Mountain Bike's success grew exponentially in 1990. Riding through rough terrain became a most common practice, and with it, the need to improve comfort and adherence. First suspension attempts on stem-based concepts existed (Girvin, Allsop) but did not manage to break through. Paul Turner, a suspension engineer formerly working for Honda, created the suspension fork that simply and irreversibly disrupted our sport. Bikes suddenly became true mountain bikes when equipped with the RockShox RS1, leaving the historical gravel paths. 20mm of travel, air pressure, oil damping: ingredients were right from the beginning. First generations were flexy as hell, leaking regularly, but these small flaws were immediately forgiven once you could ride one of these forks. Added comfort and security helped spread them within 2 years to most of brands as OEM and in 1992, with the Rock Shox Mag 21, a new market standard was set.
Rockshox, now a SRAM subsidiary, is still one the 2 strongest Suspension brands. In 2014, Rockshox innovated once more with the release of an upside-down fork. This crazy product did not get the deserved success, amongst other reasons because of an insane price and a proprietary axle, similar (110mm wide) but also different (disc placed 10mm outward) to the boost standard. In 2015, Rockshox launched a limited edition (200 forks) 25th anniversary version of this inverted fork. Sticker design and color were a tribute to the first RS1.
This rare model had to be at the front of the #35yearsMTBHistoryProject.
More infos: RockShox - Wikipedia