[First Look] Rock Shox SID Wolrd Cup – Rio 2016 edition

[ad3] We just got our hands on a very special fork : a RockShox SID World Cup that the Olympic Athletes are riding in Rio.  At the end of April, RockShox announced the new SID, we posted its details here.

1366 grams
No need to beat the lower headset race on…it’s already there.
Carbon steerer & 32mm stanchions.
World Cup Edition
29″ wheel, 100mm hub spacing.
A remote controlled, 2 position lockout works via the low speed compression. The charger damper has been adopted from Pike, and the fork also features Rapid Recovery rebound with adjustable low speed rebound and high speed pre set from the factory.

Kulhavy charging aboard the new SID.

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