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As a company, we prioritize performance and durability over weight. We could offer a fork that would be competitive in weight, or lighter than the European version you're referring to. I've said many times that they make a good product....it's just a different category than what we're building for. If we wanted to reduce weight and make an equivalent product to what they're building, we would have to remove the following items: - Coil Spring based spring system - Independent Hydraulic Bottom Out Damper - Sub Chamber with external adjustment - IFP based sealed damper - High Speed Compression with...

Oh interesting. Had no idea this was already done. @PUSH Industries I'm interested to what tolerance an effective "oil bushing" is to? Isn't that a great way to develop premature bushing play? Also what this is effectively doing is having a "burnished bushing" and filling the void with oil. In many cases burnished bushing can create more friction on heavy compression since the station has more wiggle room in the lowers/bushing and can go off axis easier. Would this not be the same for an oil bushing since it's easily movable? Yeah enjoyed that video. I really like what Henry...

The sprung/unsprung mass is more of a factor in motorcycles than in bicycle forks. As you pointed out, the die-cast lower legs found in MTB forks are very light already. As for lubrication, there is a massive advantage there. With a conventional fork, ideally, the bushings are "sized" to provide the tightest fit to the the stnachion tube without binding. Suspension tuners often refer to this as "burnishing" the bushings. The reason this process exists is because of how difficult it is to keep fluid "splashing" between the stanchion tube and fork bushing. Our NINE ONE is different in the...

Didn’t the RS-1 use a proprietary hub?

Again, coming from the manufacturer's perspective. You mention that "outsourcing a step will add a ton to the price". In reality, it's often outsourcing a step that saves considerable time and money. One specific example I'll share would be our shock shafts. We used to machine our steel shafts, complete with in-machine diamond burnishing process to the critical outside surface. The burnishing process was slow and required constant monitoring of the coolant ratio used for cooling and lubricating this process. Now, we outsource this step using an OD grinding operation to achieve the same results at a much lower cost...

Could for sure. But generally speaking, if a manufacturer is outsourcing a portion of the process it's not because it's going to add costs.

Marketing is interesting. Some of it is literally ONLY for brand/product awareness. It's an important part of creating a brand. It doesn't matter how good a product is if no one knows about it. Additionally, lots of folks in the world are the sort of folks who believe everything their brain tells them. Those folks also tend to buy the things that they think of first. If those people see a specific name come up 5 times more often than other names (perhaps because a YouTuber is posting a lot, has their videos get recommended a lot, and talks a...

There is patent that references two (or more) positive chambers, and the use of protruding attachments on the lower to reduce spikes in pressure. Not sure I fully understand it, but maybe worth read. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/api/pdf/downloadPdf/20260021867?requestToken=ey…

Sorry, I over complicated my previous response. I shouldn’t have included the Seccus because (you’re right) it does more/different things. The purpose of the LinearXL thing will be to expand the volume of the casting below the air spring. That space contains air and when the fork compresses it produces unwanted spring force, AKA casting ramp. Which makes a fork more progressive. By having this extra space on the back of the fork, which is may be tuneable, you can reduce the progressiveness of the fork. Hence LinearXL.