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Awesome boys! Thanks for the feedback! I was in contact with them before buying, asking exactly these questions about stiffness as theres like 5? enduro forks in their lineup. telling them my riding profile, etc... answer was that the increase in stiffness was marginal, not noticable irl (only in the teststand) and if my mind allowed it i should go with the edge hahaha...
why going with the edge?! because its lighter. if theres no difference to be expected -sure. probably its enough of a fork for idk 80% of the users out there. the other 20% is either too fat or directly related to postmen... however my wheel between knees torsion test doesnt look anywhere close like the one sethimus uploaded on youtube with the flash. hard to tell how much force was applied though.
i get the same stoke about the fork like you Collin, but not beeing able to hold a line just sucks. I hope the Flash38 will do it for me. in the meantime i will try different wheels.
cheers again!
awesome! yeah that video was good. after I got to twist one at sea otter I was sold. the forum speculation had no more power 🤪
excited to see that 38 in person!!
A bit more on the Kayaba fork here (sorry, french only) :
https://www.velovert.com/news/19509/kayaba--nouvel-acteur-du-vtt-
2.8 kilograms, 32mm stachions, 160mm travel, 20mm axle, and a freakin hideous crown (those BOLTS ffs, it hurts my feelings).
They mention it will be first available in 2026 OEM on some enduro bikes / ebikes, so I guess we'll get more on that in the new year coming.
wouldn't touch that thing with a stick, ugly as hell, heavy, skinny
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can we at least pull the internals from it, modify it, and try it in a different fork?!
That has potential to be a great damper.....
Kind of sad about this
While I’m waiting for the release of a bike to put an Intend fork on I noticed they replaced the travelizer with the Travel Ranger, I loved the idea of running the fork lower most of the times and bump it up 10mm for trips like Whistler and similar
Basically they said (in a nicer way than I'm about to) that people are dumb and they got too many support calls to explain the travelizer.
Like the George Carlin said, "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
It's so cool, but I can see how this got out of hand. The valve doesn't always pop back up like you'd like, and as you said, people are dumb.
I like to think that someone choosing an Intend fork is somehow smarter than the average, I guess I’m wrong
That’s a bummer, I hope they offer that as an option, I’d love to have that
Having had my Intend fork for a little over a year now, I did have issues with the travelizer. If I changed to either end of the travel I was better off opening it up and setting the travel. I could never get it to "catch" properly at either end of the range. So for that aspect the new design is stellar for me personally.
On the other hand I am currently running my fork at 172mm because knowing the front and rear vertical travel is exactly the same makes me irrationally happy.
I really liked the idea of being able to choose your exact travel and I don't know why, but I'm into the idea of a 165mm or possibly 175mm fork.
They should include one 5mm travel spacer.
For those that have been wanting one
The Flash 38 is being released
Reposting Kuzlich from the Tech Thread
I can see it now. Someone’s going to pull it apart and modify it. Maybe we drop it into a different chassis and/or get a good ti nitride coating and maybe proper Kashima. This can be fun!!
Honestly, I am stoked for it though!! Maybe it’s just the optimism from also riding moto. More tech and more folks in the inverted game can be promising. KYB is already the jammmmm in moto. We’ve seen what Showa can do and bring to the bike world with the Honda program. Minnaar has said within the last year that he pulled it off the wall and it’s still as good of suspension as anything he’s ever ridden. So… this can be exciting
I like this approach.
And do you guys think the stanchions can be moved up/down in the clamps? Supereasy adjustment for head angle/stack.
Seems like new intend damper dropping tomorrow 👀
That's the piston from the Hover MC
I read a lot around without a definitive answer, while we understand that a job like the 350 is not the one to achieve the most stiffnesses out of a USD fork,
How are the Hydra 2? If someone can explain/know
There is a wide variance when it comes to bearing size, axle interface, and end cap interface amongst hub manufacturers. With the one-piece lower leg design of a conventional fork, these variances don't really play a big role.
With an inverted fork, the hub ties the two stanchions together to keep the legs from moving independently of each other. The more robust the hub, the more robust the entire system is. Hubs like the I9 Hydra, and Hope Pro, for example, use a large bearing with hub end caps that interface with the ID of the bearing. This provides good support for an inverted fork. Hubs like Chirs King and the new Shimano XTR use a large bearing combined with a thru axle and a single end cap, providing extremely good support for an inverted fork. On the flip side, an OEM DT Swiss hub with small bearings and end caps that float on the outside of the bearing provide the least amount of support and may not be preferred by aggressive riders or terrain.
We're in the process of publishing hub information relative to inverted forks that will be available to the public soon.
Darren
When you mention OEM DT hubs (guessing 350 and 370, a 240 is probably a better option? It haw an axle through the bearings with endcaps pushed onto the axle.
Yes, the design used in the 350 is less desirable. The supporting axle design with torque caps used in the 240 would be better.
Darren
By Hydra you include the Hydra 2?
Not sure if there’s any difference as I’m still waiting on the wheels to arrive
If the Hydra2 are similar in design to the Hydra, where the axle goes through the bearings and end caps slide over it, then yes.
Onyx front hubs are a good example of a very robust axle system as well as it is one solid piece. I believe they also offer a Torquecap variant.
Is there anyone here that tried both any of the Intend forks and the podium?
Curious to know your opinions
I managed to for a big ride today on a bike fitted with the podium and other than noticing that’s a bit smoother and the wheel gets out of the way better, and that holds the lines better on off camber roots, I wasn’t that impressed considering how heavy and expensive it is.
I feel getting the bushing done to a 38 X2 would be 99% of the performance but at 350gr less
Flash 38 are back in stock and there is a new retrofit lowspeed compression unit:
https://www.intend-bc.com/products/smooth-operator/
Intend even sent Pinkbike a Flash 38 to test, that's new! *Edit* Never mind just another product announcement.
The new compression damping unit is a pretty significant change as well. Quite different from the conventional shim stack and needle system they have used since the company began.
There's some more info about the new Flash 38 for you in the press release: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/intend-introduces-flash-38-usd-fork.
I'm going to zip tie some chop sticks/ straws/ or the like to my single crown fork sticking up and see if the addition hits my frame on my tight climbs, or instead I can get away with running the double crown Intend.
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