Rockshox Testing of a Sektor Fork

[mertti96]

wonder if my rockshox recon silver tk is that strong too, it has steel upper tubes but the crown looks different

[sakurasoushi]

Wow

[TURST67]

Will it BEND

[stoianRT]

more like a FSA headset testing :P

[danilch]

@stoianRT not rly

[eckstream1]

@MrAnsonHunter

I've had my Sektor fork to 38mph and they hold up just fine!

This test is simulating a frontal crash... 100,000 times!

Normal riding forces are much less than this test!

[blazeofglory92]

will it blend?

[patryjosPL]

Kupiłem sektora ponieważ pike nie produkują, a harfa nie miała domaina na stanie

i jestem zadowolony idealnie spisuje się i freeridzie łyka wszystkie hopy bez problemu

gdy jest ustawiony na 150mm to tak naprawde ma 160(mierzyłem) . 

[TheStig04]

this is a great fork, but why am i watching this?

[MrAnsonHunter]

good god that is flexy! I cant believe it has that much give

[09hollowtech2]

@MrAnsonHunter Would you rather it snap? J/K! The flex is actually good for some degree of vibration damping. I Promise an old Marzocchi Monster T and a fox 40 flex to some degree of flex relative to their size despite being large diameter dual crown forks. You would have no idea how your body would be shaken to peices (not literally but you'd feel it in you arms and hands) if not for this perspective in engineering.

[MrAnsonHunter]

@09hollowtech2 I ride an old set of MOTO120 DH. those inverted large diameter, super stiff, stanchons beat me to death...but i'd rather ride with sore shoulders than go 30mph on the forks seen above. what worries me is the apparent flex where the casting (perhaps a forging but unlikely) meets the steerer tube; either the tube is wallering a hole in the casting...or...scariest of all IT IS DOING THE BENDING!!! if so you're in for a world of hurt. thin wall tubing flexing over and over....ahhhh

[max866271]

@MrAnsonHunter Physics! If it doesn't go too far it's strong enough! upgrade and enjoy

[frankknopers]

Glad to have a rockshox fork on my bike. Looks very very strong

[RcMicroFlyer]

@miscuser69 This looks normal, I think it won't snap. It looks like they've isolated hard braking. This is likely not a real load, but it is still carefully chosen to be equivalent to all the hard braking that the fork may be subjected too during the expected life span, with a safety margin of course. A fork may be subjected to way more than 100 000 load cycles but with varying load amplitude. Therefore they have to slightly exaggerate the load in order to "fit" this into a mere 100 000 cycles.

[reparatorii]

This is bullshit. If the producer wants he could just make in mass production same fork with cheaper materials or less materials and in testing verion, to pass the test, use the proper fork. Best US forks in my opinion are FOX.

[RcMicroFlyer]

@reparatorii A large company like this doesn't change to cheaper/less materials without testing. They don't want the customers to hurt themselves because badwill is pretty darn expensive. Much more expensive than a few grams of steel. This is very important. If the forks were altered in such a way that the production versions were weaker, people could hurt themselves when the forks fail. This would be seriously bad for business.

[aksel3007]

@reparatorii I agree in that fox is good but they are also expensive as hell.

[galaguz]

Изверги !!!!

[dcemberr]

@galaguz , А чё изверги? Лучше уж вилку потестят, чем потом собирать чьи-то выбитые зубы и сращивать сломаные руки-ноги.

[galaguz]

@dcemberr это был сарказм .

[helmetless]

OWNED!

[nasrannn]

this fork it is on 10oc whrite ?

[helmetless]

@nasrannn

what's that?

[nasrannn]

@helmetless the front hub oc but i now know that is on 9,15,20mm :)

[helmetless]

@nasrannn

Now I understand your question. BTW the Sektor in the video is the 20mm MaxleLite version :)

[CHICIO69]

@helmetless i think its rock shox recon or reba

[bushwaakka]

@CHICIO69 its a sektor

[CHICIO69]

@bushwaakka my bad:D...