RockShox SID RLC Solo Air 100 Fork 29in

While it's attention seeking classmate, the Pike grabs headlines attached to trendy, big travel rigs, the RockShox SID RLC Solo Air 100 29in Fork sit quietly aside awaiting the more gram conscious XC racing crowd who appreciates the lightweight beauty of a clean, streamlined design. Designed to strike a balance between lightness and confidence inspiring stiffness, the SID RLC brings a speed and efficiency that lets you push the boundaries of your snappy new XC frame.The SID RLC boasts a bit of a redesign over its predecessors, with a reshaped chassis and a lazer focus on efficiency. RockShox understandably keeps the specifics of the design under wraps, but claims it adds rigidity across the chassis while saving weight, and the straight wall aluminum stanchions and magnesium lowers each do their part to add lightness and durability. Within the suspension, a whole host of RockShox's proprietary technologies work with the SID RLC's 100mm of travel, including its Charger Damper which lends the fork its plush, smooth response as you take it over rock encrusted singletrack. The aptly named Rapid Recovery design works with the fork's Dig Valve to improve the SID RLC's ability to rebound after successive hits on root laced climbs and rutted out trail, and the option to add RockShox's Bottomless Tokens to the fork's interior gives you further license to fine tune the ramp up and limit your likelihood of bottoming out.Finally, the SID RLC's air spring itself, Solo Air, continues to be designed for ease of use. It's metered via a Schrader valve that feeds air to both chambers while printed on Air Guides keep set up time to a minimum and make sure you don't waste valuable ride time trying to get the suspension set up just right.