Came across this article on Freehub today and found it interesting. What are your thoughts? Have you seen the light or are you suspension brand agnostic?
I have a fox fork and a rockshox rear. I dont care to try other brands. I got burned by havi g marzocci when they went out of business so idk how I feel about them. Ither brands are too small for me to feel confident about parts availability
OsgoodSlaughters on
I am agnostic
DundyRundy on
Whatever’s cheapest on marketplace and in decent condition
yhzcdn on
Wouldn’t be a thing if Fox and RS got their shit together and weren’t constantly shipping $1500 products with bad bushings, alignment issues, or wrong oil levels from the factory. This article seems to ignore that a lot of mainstream suspension actually IS shit, and manufacturers just dont care.
Something reviewers forget about is that people are spending a ton of hard-earned cash on these products, and when they aren’t right from brand-new, we lose weeks or months of riding time. Because we spent $1.5k on the latest and greatest. If a reviewer’s fork isn’t right, whatever, they send it back, slap on another that they have lying around, get back to shredding, and write up the review (that glosses over the glaring issue) whenever the fork gets back.
It’s all fucked
MidWestMountainBike on
I’m a lighter guy (140lbs) that rides fairly aggressively and I have some thoughts on this.
Idc about shock brand for the most part, having tried fox (& marzocchi), rockshox, DVO, ohlins, and cane creek I’ve managed to make them all feel more or less how I wanted.
For some reason though, for forks I’m partial to rockshox. For most other manufacturers it’s been a compromise between having small bump sensitivity, mid stroke support, and bottom out while maintaining a reasonable rebound. Rockshox has been much easier for me to dial in across the board from the lyrik to the boxxer. My working theory is it’s their equalization, either way it’s noticeable.
PrimeIntellect on
Super long article that barely makes any point at all lol
My bikes get a zeb and a coil and I’m ready2shreddy
Paddock5280 on
Im almost perfectly average height, weight and riding ability. I’ve ridden it all: Fox, Rockshox, Ohlins, air, coil, etc.
For me, it all works pretty well. Some slightly better than others on the margins but nothing ground breaking. When you’re within the designed use case (average everything) it all usually works.
Now, if you’re super light or very heavy, then I can see the benefits to some custom tuning but for us average joes, it all works great
OrmTheBearSlayer on
Manitou Mezzer Pro upfront and a Cane Creek coil outback back. Does that mean I’m in a cult or not?
Mighty_McBosh on
I have a suntour durolux on my Cassidy. I was so sick of suspension just kind of sucking, and maintenance of my own bike that I own being stuck behind a massive paywall. The suntour is phenomenal even compared to very expensive Fox and RS and was like $250 on sale.
Blankbusinesscard on
Normally RS front Fox rear but currently all Marzocchi
PuzzledActuator1 on
I say I’m agnostic but all my suspension is fox (or marzocchi) because parts across what I have is pretty universal for servicing, at least the forks.
Foolcyclist on
Used to be pretty stout Fox follower, but their forks just don’t cut it anymore and the air shocks are so bad at getting tuned. Ponied up for EXT coil shock and was blown away. So much better than Fox. So for now it’s EXT shocks and EXT or Rockshox forks.
NeighborhoodHellion on
I feel like bike components are mostly pretty good these days and 95% of what people say on the internet about them is noise.Â
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I have a fox fork and a rockshox rear. I dont care to try other brands. I got burned by havi g marzocci when they went out of business so idk how I feel about them. Ither brands are too small for me to feel confident about parts availability
I am agnostic
Whatever’s cheapest on marketplace and in decent condition
Wouldn’t be a thing if Fox and RS got their shit together and weren’t constantly shipping $1500 products with bad bushings, alignment issues, or wrong oil levels from the factory. This article seems to ignore that a lot of mainstream suspension actually IS shit, and manufacturers just dont care.
Something reviewers forget about is that people are spending a ton of hard-earned cash on these products, and when they aren’t right from brand-new, we lose weeks or months of riding time. Because we spent $1.5k on the latest and greatest. If a reviewer’s fork isn’t right, whatever, they send it back, slap on another that they have lying around, get back to shredding, and write up the review (that glosses over the glaring issue) whenever the fork gets back.
It’s all fucked
I’m a lighter guy (140lbs) that rides fairly aggressively and I have some thoughts on this.
Idc about shock brand for the most part, having tried fox (& marzocchi), rockshox, DVO, ohlins, and cane creek I’ve managed to make them all feel more or less how I wanted.
For some reason though, for forks I’m partial to rockshox. For most other manufacturers it’s been a compromise between having small bump sensitivity, mid stroke support, and bottom out while maintaining a reasonable rebound. Rockshox has been much easier for me to dial in across the board from the lyrik to the boxxer. My working theory is it’s their equalization, either way it’s noticeable.
Super long article that barely makes any point at all lol
My bikes get a zeb and a coil and I’m ready2shreddy
Im almost perfectly average height, weight and riding ability. I’ve ridden it all: Fox, Rockshox, Ohlins, air, coil, etc.
For me, it all works pretty well. Some slightly better than others on the margins but nothing ground breaking. When you’re within the designed use case (average everything) it all usually works.
Now, if you’re super light or very heavy, then I can see the benefits to some custom tuning but for us average joes, it all works great
Manitou Mezzer Pro upfront and a Cane Creek coil outback back. Does that mean I’m in a cult or not?
I have a suntour durolux on my Cassidy. I was so sick of suspension just kind of sucking, and maintenance of my own bike that I own being stuck behind a massive paywall. The suntour is phenomenal even compared to very expensive Fox and RS and was like $250 on sale.
Normally RS front Fox rear but currently all Marzocchi
I say I’m agnostic but all my suspension is fox (or marzocchi) because parts across what I have is pretty universal for servicing, at least the forks.
Used to be pretty stout Fox follower, but their forks just don’t cut it anymore and the air shocks are so bad at getting tuned. Ponied up for EXT coil shock and was blown away. So much better than Fox. So for now it’s EXT shocks and EXT or Rockshox forks.
I feel like bike components are mostly pretty good these days and 95% of what people say on the internet about them is noise.Â