Pace forks timeline

[Twister]

Hi, does anyone know the timeline for the various incarnations of the RC31 fork?
Also any opinions would be gratefully received.

Thanks
Matthew

 

[orange71]

Ask "justbackdated" - he's very much the Pace forks expert

 

[Mossy]

all you ever need to know here (I hope). Belongs to a member here - great web site.

http://www.goatsurfer.com/pace_forks.html

 

[Twister]

Pace forks

Thanks for that, it is a great site but doesn't cover the RC31. I think possibly because they're too recent.

 

[Mossy]

Re: Pace forks

Thanks for that, it is a great site but doesn't cover the RC31. I think possibly because they're too recent.

 

[justbackdated]

RC31s were essentially all the same, only the decals changed to match the other forks in any particular years production until the colour change. I think there were 2 different lengths initially, increasing to 3 later[I will try and check]

The nasty 'retaining screw' in the back of the legs was dropped after the first production runs.

The only other changes were the move to the smooth lacquer on the carbons and the introduction of the Ti Rc31 which had the leg spigots in ti as against steel.

The crowns and dropouts changed to match the RC39 crown in the charcoal colour in later production, I will try and work out when that happened.

There was of course the short run of RC29 rigid forks with longer carbons to suit 29ers.

 

[Twister]

Thanks for the info, do you know when they were introduced?

 

[justbackdated]

The RC31s were introduced alongside the RC38 AF2 and the RC36 Pro Class 2 using the magnesium dropouts which were first used on the RC36 Evo3 and Airforce in 2000, so I would say around 2000/2001.