{"id":20781,"date":"2014-10-27T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2014\/10\/27\/real-review-rockshox-rs1-the-ab-crunch-edition-r1763\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T11:29:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:29:39","slug":"real-review-rockshox-rs1-the-ab-crunch-edition-r1763","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/real-review-rockshox-rs1-the-ab-crunch-edition-r1763\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Review: Rockshox RS1 &#8211; The Ab-crunch edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We put the RockShox RS-1 fork through its ultimate test, an ab-crunch battle. The two competitors, David Mercer (Mercer Bikes) and Mark Hopkins (Pyga), battle for the ultimate glory of being crowned the 2014 African Cycle Fair Ab-crunch Champion. 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