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What's funny about your anecdotal experience with those bikes is that it's the opposite of what we'd expect based on their anti-rise values. The Claymore should be the "harshest" under braking because it has the highest anti-rise rate, and the other two have either lower or much lower AR rates: Claymore- 140% AR, dropping down to 115-ish at full travel. Link here. SB150- I don't know what the AR% is for the SB150, but it's pretty much bang on 100% on the SB160, and I'd imagine it's pretty similar with the SB150. Megatower- I don't know which generation you had...

Personally I like AR around 60-70%. To me this number is before it “lifts” but stays active. If I rode steeper trails like in Europe, the higher AR would be more ideal.

Little review we just published of the Öhlins TTX1Air m.2 for all you suspension nerds: https://www.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/rear-shocks/ohlins/ttx1air-m-2-r…

Anybody else here have time on a Cane Creek Tigon yet? I’ve been curious about it since it came out (when I had a Stumpjumper Evo), and just finally picked one up for the V3 Sentinel. Honestly the most notable thing so far is how extremely normal it feels, even with a decent amount (10PSI so far) in the ramp chamber. I really like CC’s philosophy of “set sag, start with adjusters in the middle” because it feels less like you’re deviating from the suggested setup as you dial things in.

While racing bros did produce some very questionable "race" seals before, lycan seals are very good and preferred by many suspension service/tuning shops in Europe. Cane creek used to use them in first gen. Helm forks as well, I used them for 3 years, no excess oil was coming out, nor any dirt ever made it's way in. The new skf DC seals however, well they leave a lot of mess behind from new, went back to racing bros and all is good again.

I ran SKF DC seals on my last gen Zeb after the local suspension guy raved about them. I was less impressed. Yeah they feel really slippery new, but they seemed to build up oily crud on the top more than the black SKF / Rockshox seals, and the lower oil seemed to get blacker faster. Also noticed that the grease around the orange part of the seal changed color and thickened up in the instances where I was dropping lowers more often than service interval (changing fork travel), which led me to think that the orange part is a...

I am not expecting the CC to be better than Intend, I just hope it's closer to Intend's performance than to 38mm RSD alternatives, with more practical & affordable ownership. Btw the oil in my Essential still had the original color when I "dropped the lowers" after a year of riding and I am not seeing much of a gunk on the legs either. I am guessing the Racing Bros seals do a better job than SKF.

Where’s the Vessels

Megatower + Spur = Fun on any trail

Fuck it looks nice! Beefy af but nice!

Ok gang... I need the collective group think to help talk me into or out of yolo'ing a USD fork for a whistler trip I leave for in a week. My reasons are mostly stupid... I dislocated my right ring finger 6 weeks ago and it's not quite as healed as I was hoping for, but I'm just going to keep my plans for whistler and hope for the best. The reason I'm considering this last minute swap is that while my grip strength seems good enough, I'm worried about braking bumps and impacts aggravating my joint. My current fork...

As a follow-up to my questions earlier in this thread, I ended up getting a flash 38 with 20mm axle (was debating between a flash/infinity/dorado). I decided I didn't want to pedal a dual crown around; mostly out of fear of being a "poser" if I wasn't sending everything in sight. I'm stoked on my choice. The flash is insane. Broke it on a week-long trip to Squamish and Whistler. It started off butter-smooth; after a day and a half, it somehow got even better. I did feel some torsional flex a couple times - once when landing a jump...