Noticed an advert for Rock Shocks in the TMX, the first Fantic I owned had them fitted but I was too green to know if they were any good. Does anyone have any experience of them? are they any good by todays standards? has anyone bought any?

Yup, I bought a pair. Brill they were. Best shocks I ever owned The rates wre just right. Wish I had 'em now. But I do know who's got them.

Any probs, contact Pete Edmundson to find him do a search on Derrick Edmundson and he'll help you out. Yes Pete is Pauls dad.

Had a look at a prototype pair a few days ago. The new Rock Shocks are completely redesigned and are much easier to strip down for servicing and DIY fiddling than the old ones.

Pete will be at the Pre65 Scottish to promote them.

The originals were a copy of the falcon units so my guess is the new ones could be another copy made in china?

Other way around, it was Robin who made the original batches of the original type Rockshocks for Pete Eddy I believe, before they parted company and Pete had them built elsewhere.

For the new Rockshocks, Pete has used local engineering companies for all the components

Yes you are right except the bit about where they parted company that was after pete had them made elsewhere, naughty that.

Any indication of cost Woody? Would you fit these in preference to Falcon? PS good luck next week, hope it stays dry.

Not sure of cost but they will be priced to compete with the alloy bodied Falcons I would guess. No reason why they shouldn't be as good as Falcons but I'd want to try some before buying. The fact that they are DIY serviceable makes them attractive though.

Leaving for Scotland in an hour or so I hope. I'm entered in the Pre65 too and as the C15 blew itself to bits last Sunday at the Hooper I've had some serious work to do to get it rebuilt - only finished it a couple of hours ago. Two nights of working through till 5am isn't the best prep for (hopefully) 8 days of trialling.....