RockShox Sektor Front Suspension Fork
RockShox will soon unveil its new family for front suspension called Sektor. The Sektor is tagged as the “new bulldog in the 150mm travel arena”. After the release of Revelation, RockShox took product development one step further with the Sektor, marketing it to be the fork that allows diversified choices.
The Sektor gives you three spring options: Coil (130, 140, 150mm), Solo-Air (130, 140, 150mm) and U-Turn (100-140mm or 110-150mm). It has 9mm QR and Maxle Lite offerings of 15×100 or 20×110.
Other features of the Sektor includes motion control (RL), turnkey lockout (TL) and external rebound (R) for its damping system. It is also made with hollow 6061 T-6 aluminum crown with 32mm 7075 aluminum tubes. The external rebound adjuster is enhanced and additional offerings for the new front suspension fork include compatibility with 1 1/8” Aluminum steerer, 1 1/8” to 1.5” tapered aluminum steerer, 1.5” aluminum steerer.
MSRP of $471, the RockShox Sektor targets trailblazers and price-conscious riders.
After purchasing a Ragley Piglet frame from chainreactioncycles, I went to http://www.bikexcs.ro to have my brand new rock shox recon u-turn installed.When the mechanic cut the fork pipe, it was so short that it would not come out the other side of the bike.The shop offered to weld it back on and I started to laugh.Than they offered to exchange it for an used pike u-turn, once again I refused the offer.The shop finally gave me a sektor u-turn 110-150.A week after riding the bike to the office I took my Piglet to a light off road open muddy field.Half an hour later the fork just droped.I put the lock on the fork and barley managed to get to a gas station to wash the mud off and see what happened.The next day the fork was at the shop again.At the shop I was told sram does not allow 150mm forks on hardtails but they will overlook it, and that I will also have to pay for some parts because the fork was power washed.Also the shop gave me to use the same pike
u-turn.They also told me,this first time, that the fork does not work.Since http://www.bikexcs.ro was not authorised by Sram to fix the sektor the fork had to be sent to http://www.dhsbike.ro .During the three weeks I had to wait for the fork to be repaired at the Sram authorised dealer,I purchased a bike for my daughter from the same shop, I sent them new customers that purchased a new bike from them.When I asked why it took such a long time, I was told that the Sram mechanics had a race to go to.Also I was told that I had to ride aggressively because the fork lock does not work and it might start working, if the lock does not work I should bring the fork back for repairs. Will I ever ride my bike?……