Rock Shock Ruby

Bikeeron said:

Would anyone know if a Ruby Rockshock is strong enough to use on a tandem? I know it was
originally built for the Paris-Roubaix. I would love to be able to put this on my 1992 Santana
Ariva. It has a 1" fork. Any info would be appreciated.

Problems that I would have is that the max tire size is about 700x25 and it uses a short reach
rear brake caliper. I don't know if you could tune it for the additional weight.

roydrink

Hi just tried to email the origional poster but it got bounced back to me...

So I'll post it here for the world to see...

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I have a couple of rubys myself and send an email to rockshox two weeks ago asking if I could use a
tyre bigger than 25c (the manual says they make a touring adapeter). I heard back from a really
helpful and knowledgeable guy named craig.

He knew the full history of the fork. Sounds like a nice enough chap.

Turns out RS never made a Touring adapter (allows up to 28c) which they wrote about, so its no
bigger than 25c I'm afraid.

Anyway, if you have any questions this is the guy to contact!

[email hidden]

just take out the NOSPAM bit

-all the best,

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Quoted message said:

Would anyone know if a Ruby Rockshock is strong enough to use on a
tandem? I know it was originally built for the Paris-Roubaix. I would love
to be able to put this on my 1992 Santana Ariva. It has a 1" fork. Any

info

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would be appreciated. TIA, Ron

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Bikeeron said:

Would anyone know if a Ruby Rockshock is strong enough to use on a tandem? I know it was
originally built for the Paris-Roubaix. I would love to be able to put this on my 1992
Santana Ariva. It has a 1" fork. Any info would be appreciated.

Problems that I would have is that the max tire size is about 700x25

I recently got a sport-tourer with a Ruby. It came with 700x26 tires, and has plenty of room for
full fenders (which I mounted). I would have guessed I could fit at least 700x32 tires along with
the fenders, but I haven't tried, and I haven't removed the springs to measure clearance at maximum
possible travel.

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and it uses a short reach rear brake caliper.

If it took a disc it would be good. Mine doesn't, but it's older (on a used bike), and maybe the new
ones do. They should anyway...

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I recently got a sport-tourer with a Ruby. It came with 700x26 tires, and has plenty of room for
full fenders (which I mounted). I would have guessed I could fit at least 700x32 tires along with
the fenders,

I just went and looked at it. It has a huge amount of clearance for larger tires, but it's a Ruby
Metro, and that could be different from a regular Ruby. Who knows? The only road fork I see at
www.rockshox.com is the GPS metro. Which BTW, does accept a disc brake.