The Intend Samurai XC is our latest cross country solution for riders who want an even lighter and cleaner front. Thanks to an updated crown design the size and weight of the dropouts have been reduced significantly. Apart from saving weight and looking clean and minimalistic this measure also reduces friction on the bushings due to a lesser amount of leverage, resulting in smooth performance and naturally less wear and tear. Ultimately this means you’re getting a a product which simply works, encouraging you to ride more and worry less.
With only 1505g, and around 1470g with shortened steerer, the Samurai XC will not hold you back in the sprint up the mountain.
For this fork we have 2 options of damping cartridges. The first is our new Intend Energizer lockout cartridge. It contends the same pistons and performance of our enduro forks, because we think the cross country bikes also benefits from downhill performance. The unique architecture combines the fact, that the lubrication oil can not flow down the lower tube by having the sealhad on the right place and nevertheless the compression piston on the top, which is necessary for a lockout on the crown. The Energizer damping cartridge is as lighweight as the RS charger RD and has 3 position lockout. There is a Open-mode, a Gravel-mode and the Road-mode with 99%, which lets the fork go in the sag slowly for a proper uphill position. The Energizer cartridge has a maximum stroke of 130mm while having the best damping performance.
The second possibility – if you have a already suiting pair of RockShox shock and fork or are big fan of the cartridge – we are utilizing the infamous Rock Shox Charger Raceday cartridge (120mm max. travel!!). How does the procedure for the Samurai XC with Charger RD look like?
For EU customers:
1. You acquire the RS cartridge at the dealer of your choice.
2. You send this cartridge to us, we assemble the fork into a finished product and ship it to you!
For non-EU customers:
1. You acquire the RS cartridge at the dealer of your choice, let the cartridge ship to YOUR place
2. You order a fork from us without cartridge and make the installation of the cartridge yourself. Tools you need are: 24mm socket and 4mm allen wrench.
Why? – If you order a cartridge in Germany, and we ship it out of EU, we would be responsible for possible warranty cases for the cartridge, because we are the one sending it out of EU. And we cannot fullfill responsibility for others components.
Here are the details for the RS cartridge:
Raceday 2:
The Raceday 2 cartridge is the updated version and should work just as well as the old one but more reliable and 12g heavier.
RS number of the version without remote 2-position: 00.4318.086.002
RS number of the version without remote 3-position: 00.4318.087.002
RS number of the version with remote 2-position: 00.4318.086.003
RS number of the version with remote 3-position: 00.4318.087.003
Old Race Day 1 Version:
RS number of the version without remote is: 00.4020.546.002
RS number of the version with remote is: 00.4020.546.003
Technical data
- Fork Offset / Rake
For 120mm travel in static position (sag): 44mm
- Steerer Tube Length
240mm
- Axle to Crown
541mm (130mm, Intend Energizer cartridge only), 531mm (120mm), 521mm (110mm),….you get the idea
- Steerer Tube
Tapered 1 1/8″ – 1,5″ (inner diameter: 24,5mm)
- Dropout
15mm x 110mm
- Brakemount
Postmount 180mm / Flatmount 180mm (-15g)(160mm not possible)
