RockShox SID XX 29’ 100mm QR15 Tapered Solo Air pneumatic

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whyte19
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by whyte19

hi all is it at all possible to to give these forks the weight weenie treatment??????

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LeDuke
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by LeDuke

What do you mean?

As in, dramatically reduce weight?

Sure. You can remove the damper, saving a couple hundred grams. If you're going to do this, might as well save your pennies and go the Lauf route instead. Much lighter than a damper-less SID, and more or less the same thing.

You can also buy significantly lighter thru axles for them.

whyte19
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by whyte19

ok thanks LeDuke,so by removing the damper,wont that affect the ride??,have a carbon ti thru axle on its way saving me about 35-40grams

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by DanW

Shift Up make some great custom light weight dampers and there's lots of light bolt thrus.... after that you're compromising performance and may as well go Lauf or rigid IMO

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whyte19 wrote:ok thanks LeDuke,so by removing the damper,wont that affect the ride??,have a carbon ti thru axle on its way saving me about 35-40grams


Yes, it will. There's a reason suspension components have rebound and compression adjustment.

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by TheRookie

The lauf has no damping, removing the compression damper from a SID and save about 80g, you can also drop the fluid level to just enough to keep the rebound immersed and that saves about 50g, you'll still be better off than the Lauf as you'll have an adjustable spring and rebound damping (and the small amount of compression damping the rebound provides).
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