Problems with sid TiNi

[Astro]

I have the sid race Ti, but with my cartridge/ring? I have some game (parts movings just a little) I will receive some news rings next week from RS Switzerland, but a mechanic from RS france told me that, on certain fork the Ti coating was abrasive for the rings and quite quickly. He told me also that in france they were replacing it to the customer by the carbon version.
Did some other riders had some similar problems?
Do you know if the carbon version is strong enough?
Is the sid Ti retired from the us market?

[RideMonkey]

Originally posted by Astro
I have the sid race Ti, but with my cartridge/ring? I have some game (parts movings just a little) I will receive some news rings next week from RS Switzerland, but a mechanic from RS france told me that, on certain fork the Ti coating was abrasive for the rings and quite quickly. He told me also that in france they were replacing it to the customer by the carbon version.
Did some other riders had some similar problems?
Do you know if the carbon version is strong enough?
Is the sid Ti retired from the us market?

I have heard that bushing wear was a problem with this fork, and that the TiNi coating will not be available on the SID next year.

[Astro]

exactly not on the sid, but on the boxxer race only because they will have to polish by hand the tubes and it's too expensif to do that on sid modells who are half cheaper that the boxxers

[Mr. ShockWave]

I don't have any experiance with the SID Ti or an answer to you,

but you might e-mail Tim Flooks in England about it, maybe he has an answer, he was for many years wrenching RS for top racers.

theck for his e-mail at his website >> www.tftunedshox.com