Rockshox Monarch Plus Rc3 7875 X 225 Debonair Review
RockShox Monarch Plus RC3 Daze: Rider Review
One upgrade on whatever mountain wheel that'll have the biggest impact is the suspension. Simply changing the rear shock by itself will affect how a bike will feel and handle. Our friend Daniel Mergenthaler Shares his experience with his new RockShox Monarch Plus RC3 shock. Check it out below!
Overview
This is a review of a RockShox 150mm Monarch Plus RC3 Shock that I've had on my bike for a few weeks and about 20 hours of all mountain trail riding to date. For this review, I'll briefly cover my initial impressions of the shock, the installation, setup, and functioning out on the trail.
To be upfront, the Monarch Plus RC3 is the commencement rear daze I've had on a bike that wasn't a Play a joke on, and the reason I purchased the daze is information technology was on sale and it was the only in-stock i I found that fit my 2015 Santa Cruz Bronson. Essentially, my 4-year-old Play tricks CTD blew out, and I needed a fast replacement, and the Monarch was compatible and available then after reading some positive and negative reviews on a few mtb forums, I decided to pull the trigger on information technology.
Out of the box, I was definitely satisfied with the overall build quality of the shock. It seemed solid, had a expert weight to it, and definitely got me excited to get it on the bike and on the trails. Included with the shock were the mounting hardware and website-located instructions for installation.
The installation of the shock was very like shooting fish in a barrel, only the mounting hardware did require a small bearing printing and caliper to check for an even press. While the instructions stated that on some shocks the mounting hardware could be installed into the shock eyelets by hand, on this shock, however hand installation was all merely impossible, and a small bearing press was needed to install the mounting hardware to the stupor. Additionally, the hardware has to be installed evenly, so I used a caliper to verify the mounting hardware was correctly installed into the daze eyelets. (A highly effective brand-shift bearing printing tin be made from nuts, washers and bolts from the hardware store for less than $7.00 if you don't have a pocket-size press). Installing the actual daze into the frame is straight forward, just brand sure you have the lock tight & torque wrench to guarantee its in there expert and tight.
In regards to prepare up, I'm running the stupor "stock". I don't know how many, if any, volume spacers come from the factory, but I would describe the overall experience of the shock equally heavily linear. The compression is smooth and consistent through the unabridged stroke, and daze just eats upwards the chatter, roots, bumps and big hits. I give the shock high marks for rugged, raw trail riding, but if I was going to the bicycle park or on a costless ride session, I would definitely recommend adding some volume spacers to increase the progression of the shock for big hits. In regards to sag, I found the shock to piece of work the all-time with about 35-37% sag setting and rebound setting at 5:12 clicks from fully boring. While I'm not a full send-information technology type rider, I practice consider myself an "ambitious" passenger who doesn't shy away from regular jumps and drops, and despite to higher sag setting, the shock is lively enough to go along the rear end feeling lively and playful, and I have yet to fully bottom out the stupor at this sag setting with about 3-5mm of reserve compression remaining after riding. Then basically I'thou finding the shock to not only work well just fit my riding fashion and local trails nicely.
After some initial setup experimentation with the stupor, I am satisfied with the overall feel, adaptability and performance of the shock directly from the box. At this bespeak, I don't experience the need to add together or remove whatever volume spacers or play with the sag or rebound settings any further. The only modification I made to the shock was to pare off the stickers to complement the blackness on blackness await I really like and try to go for on my Bronson.
There are but two concerns I had with the shock, and 1 has already resolved itself. There was a small amount of oil seepage visible on the shaft afterward the first few rides, and did think that a seal was possibly leaking at offset, but the seepage did stop after almost the tertiary ride, and after some online reading revealed this to be a common occurrence relating to excess oil from the piggyback or lubricants used during the assembly. The other business organization I have with the stupor is that the rebound adjustment knobs activeness is crude when turning it. There is definitely something, non 100% right with information technology, merely information technology does cycle through all the clicks, and I don't regularly accommodate my rebound setting one time information technology's locked in, and so I'chiliad not besides worried about it at this point. Although it is nice to accept the new product warranty absorber involved should it get an issue.
Final Thoughts
Overall, I would recommend this daze to whatsoever passenger that rides mainly undulating rough and rooted trails, equally it compliments the shocks linear feel on the trails. And while I did find some bad press online about the Monarch Plus shock, and mine does have the outcome with the rebound adjuster, it has proven itself trail worthy and I don't regret the purchase, especially because it was on auction...
Source: https://www.worldwidecyclery.com/blogs/worldwide-cyclery-blog/rockshox-monarch-plus-rc3-shock-rider-review
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