RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks Reviews

Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £779 (RRP: £779)

Take a look now to discover what makes RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.

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RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Forks. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks.

The first thing is material. Looking at what RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Forks. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Forks. Brands like RockShox are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Forks category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Forks.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £779 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.6 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Forks

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Forks.

We found 168 in the Forks category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £481.31, making it above average at £779.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Forks. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £1899.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.16.

With 168 products available we worked out that 48 cost more than RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks and 117 were cheaper.

Cost of RockShox products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 45 products from RockShox, of which 37 were in the Forks category.

For now though we’re looking at RockShox branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £415.80 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest RockShox product we found was £14.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £1685.00.

Of the 45 from RockShox, 6 were more expensive than RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks and 36 were cheaper.

How much are RockShox Forks?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at RockShox products that are listed in the Forks category.

The average price of the 37 products that match this search was £447.00, with the cheapest coming in at £20.00 and highest price was £1685.00. With the average being £447.00, RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks comes in above average.

6 products that meet this search were more expensive than RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks and 28 were cheaper.

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RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.5 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Forks category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks or another similar product, like RockShox Lyrik Ultimate RC2 DebonAir Forks Boost 2021 reviews or RockShox Pike Ulitmate RC2 DebonAir Forks reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Forks.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Forks. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with RockShox, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.1/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 26453613555
• Product ID 2: 790466UK
• Brand: RockShox
• Model number: 00.4020.550.001
• RRP: £779
• EAN: 710845848506
• Description: RockShox SID SL Ultimate Race Day Forks – BoostReady for XC racing, these lightweight and fast forks offer riders premium style without any unnecessary weight. They feature a Charger Race Day damper and a DebonAir air spring, which gives you fantastic comfort and control on the toughest of rides. Coming complete with a stunning 32mm straight wall aluminium upper tubing and magnesium lower legs, these are the ultimate choice of upgrade for superior durability and performance on the most aggressive XC adventures. 32mm chassis focused on light weight for the classic XC bike.Charger Race Day Damper – RockShox’s lightest production damper with rock-solid lockout.DebonAir air spring is tuned specific to meet the demands of XC and maintains a higher ride height for increased confidence and control.Ultra-low friction SKF wiper seals provide long lasting fork performance and improve overall suspension feel.Maxima Plush damping fluid reduces friction and silences damper noise.Machined/anodised crown.29″ wheel only.100mm max travel.Ultimate foil graphics package.Features: Upper Tube Type: 32mm straight wall AluminiumLower Leg Material: MagnesiumCrown Material: Forged, hollow AluminiumBrake Type: DiscMaxle Included: Maxle StealthDamping Adjustments: Extl rebound, 2 position compression (open/lock)Damper Adjustment: Crown Axle: 15x110mm BOOST Spring: DebonAir Fork Offset: 44mm (29″)Crown OD (mm): 56mm Damper: Charger Race Day Steerer: 1.5″ Tapered Travel: 100mmBuy RockShox Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Frames & Forks > Forks
• Size: 100mm Travel
• Unisex
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• Adult

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Other options for Forks

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Forks. 168 in fact.

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RockShox Judy Silver TK Solo Air Forks reviews, RockShox Judy Gold RL Solo Air Forks reviews, or we really liked the look of RockShox Reba RL Solo Air Forks reviews as another alternative.