Rocky mountain

[renorider40]

hey, who knows anything about the rocky mountain switch 1 ? I have been looking for a new bike and this one seems really nice. I heard the older versions had some problems with the bearings in the linkage. Any info at all would be nice

[spacemanspiff06]

the old rm-7s and rmxs did but i haven't heard of any issues on a switch. sweet bike

[joelsman]

newer ones are definately better, longer stroke shocks, the first ones used a 1.5in stroke shock and smaller linkages, newer ones are bigger.

[Transfer]

I had a 2002 Switch for a little while. It was too small though so I got rid of it. Nice frame and build, but they're over-priced, heavy, and those shock strokes are still too short. Those are my thoughts on it.

[AmbulanceFodder]

Don't know anything about any problems as I never researched them...but...I rode one for three days in Whistler last August. Damn nice bike! For 7" it felt like a lot more. Granted a lot has to do with individual set-up, and all, but I felt the frame performed very well. I never noticed it being overly heavy. Fast on wide-open stuff, but still agile in tight, slow, technical stuff like No Joke.

I passed on riding an RMX as I felt it was perhaps too DH oriented, and I don't regret it. The Switch was incredible.