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Fox and Rockshox only go as low as 48mm for 29" forks, Ohlins goes down to 46. That's not so much longer than 44, but it's still longer and as you said riders still have to buy the shorter offset crowns aftermarket. In the case of the Formula dual crown, it's designed to be run at lower travel amounts to match enduro bikes, so a "normal" enduro offset seems like a no brainer for Formula, especially considering it's probably not designed to be run at 200mm travel anyway.
Aren't the larger offsets necessary to accomodate a useful turning radius and the large diameter stanchions?
At least for Fox, you can go to 44mm. There's no distinction between 29 & 27.5 crowns.
New mountain wheel lineup is coming this spring.
Assegai, DHF, DHR all come in soft light casting options IIRC.
Have you tried a Rocky (ignore the typo in the instructions....)
The 29 and 27.5 crowns on the newest 38mm Boxxer are interchangeable.
I've got a 29er 38mm Boxxer setup with 44mm offset crowns and reduced down to 190mm travel on my enduro bike. Pretty sweet setup, but a bit heavier than a single crown fork (can't say I noticed that).
Also, only 8mm longer axle to crown than the 170mm 38 it replaced!
specialized just soft launched an alloy version of the levo sl2
https://www.specialized.com/ch/de/turbo-levo-sl-comp-alloy/
Evil has guided internal routing for moto or normal brake routing
As far as I know it should be 43mm just like the short offset regular Selva 👍
It's down for now
Specialized T9 available in Grid Trail casing which is EXO+ or maybe a little more stout level.
O even lighter "grid" casing, and that is closer to exo+ I would say. Stout enough for bike that has to be pedalled up hill unless you run very low pressures for some reason
I haven't ridden a 29er dual crown (how many of us have?), or a dual crown at all in years. The EXT fork feels noticeably stiffer fore-aft than other single crowns I've ridden, IDK if its their CSU interface or just lower friction in the stanchions & air spring prevents flex to some degree. The 38s/Zeebs I've ridden have all been in need of a service, so I didn't get the best impression of them. I'm wondering what tangible benefits, if any, a lightweight dual crown has over a well built, modern single crown? I don't feel like I want my EXT to be stiffer. The only advantage i can think of is more travel for a given axle to crown length.
selvas already have ~10mm less axle to crown than other long travel forks
more YT testing…
In a world of diaper bikes, be a norco. Rad industrial aluminum protos fully exposed in the wild.
It's definitely a big thing to consider. Seems to become a problem at around 46mm.
My current way to solve this problem is to run a reach adjust in the long position and run the 46mm OS. Plenty of steering radius like that. Assuming you're not at your reach limit already.
A "new" levo. same same just different components. Alloy aswell. are they selling out the remaining alloy frames with a new paint job and some ohlins gear? a stop gap until the new model ( which then feels like thats going to take longer again )
nice colour though and finally they have some stock locally so might be tempted, but its top end price for an alloy model
It seems like it's more or less a long-stroked (accommodated by a new shock mount) Gen 5 Slash frame with a lowered top tube and some reinforcement at the TT/ST junction. If I had to guess this custom frame is somewhere around 175-180mm travel with 27.5" front/rear (Semenuk rides a full-DH Session at other points in the edit, and seems to have swapped out the Vivid for a SDU on the "Sesh") and would probably make for one hell of a fun park ripper. Love it but I can't help feeling sad for the next-gen Remedy that never was (unless this is secretly it, but that's doubtful).
here's a build video of semenuk's sesh
Has anyone heard any rumors how the new Atherton aluminum series ride? I waS all gung-ho to order, but saw in the email they sent out this week that it uses a dw4 and not dw6 suspension platform. So imagine it’s going to ride fairly differently than their other bikes. I imagine they are gonna go quick when they are released, but also don’t really wanna order without at least reading a couple reviews
If you want a shorter offset on your dual crown fork, you can always just flip the crowns backwards and re-install the stanchions (assuming your crowns have offset). I run a 56mm offset boxxer on my Spire with backwards crowns. This reduces the offset to 36mm. The turning radius is just enough to not notice. I also had to make sure my tire wouldn't hit the frame before bottom out since the reduced offset brings it closer to the down tube.
Steering angle if anyone cares:
Oooh baby…
That's kinda crazy looking... What travel are you running that boxxer at?
The full 200mm. Static geometry is a bit wild. The HTA is below 62⁰. However, im running ≈45-50mm of sag (25%) so the dynamic geometry still feels normal. I'm using all 6 volume reducers for bottom out support. Its kind of a weird set up, but it feels really nice.
Troy riding a diapered high pivot sender on instagram