Out of the box she was light, claimed weight was basically spot on so I was happy from the start, on the trail it did not disappoint after working itself in. While it lacks the more sophisticated dampening units of the more expensive forks, the motion control combined with the low friction aluminum s...
Read more Out of the box she was light, claimed weight was basically spot on so I was happy from the start, on the trail it did not disappoint after working itself in. While it lacks the more sophisticated dampening units of the more expensive forks, the motion control combined with the low friction aluminum sliders provided a very active and responsive feel to the front end. Dare i say more so than the Fox i was previously riding???? There is very little, if even noticeable air lock to break during hits, small bump absorption is great and hitting the big stuff is a non-issue. In a super D race I hammered that thing through sections like it was a triple clamp and i felt secure in doing so. In riding other forks while having these on my bike I came to appreciate the overall response, sliding action, sticktion free performance and stiffness this fork offers. Lockout works exactly as described, however I never use it as i feel it hinders my ability to climb the bike up and degree of an incline. Rebound is very adjustable with a broad range of adjustments. A word of caution, yank out the rebound adjuster knob when not in use... just in case. If it is not in all the way you can loose it.
Long term I will say this... the Maxle lite system works well, but the tension adjustment on the QR lever seems to work itself loose over a few hours of riding. At one point it felt like my front wheel was loose, but it was just the Maxle lite system not holing as tightly as required. I have about 800km on the fork and performance has not began to suffer, even with a nice Scuff on the stanctions.
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