Eurobike: 2016: Suntour

Eurobike 2016: Suntour

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While they’ve previously been mainly known for the kind of OEM forks that come on budget hardtails, Suntour have spent the past few years quietly working their way upward into higher performance suspension products. They had three new 2017 ones to show us at Eurobike.

Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
First up is the Auron, Suntour’s high end enduro/trail/e-bike fork for 27.5″, 27.5″ plus and 29″ wheels, with travel options of 130, 140, 150, and 160mm. There’s also a travel adjust 27.5″ version, with 120-160mm.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
It has 34mm stanchions, and that…
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
… is a specifically molded, bolt-on mudguard. No more zip ties or velcro wearing holes in your paint.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
The magnesium lowers mean weights start at 1895g.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
They also have Suntour’s Q-Loc axle, which has an expanding flange at the non-lever end.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
The Auron uses Suntour’s new PCS cartridge. As well as that, much like on Pikes and DT Swiss’ newest forks, you can add volume spacers to the air side.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
Moving slightly down the range is the Aion, not quite as fancy or adjustable as the Auron, but covering a similar range of travel options and wheel sizes.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
Once again with the fitted bolt on mudguard.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
There’s that expanding flange. Which sounds like something your plumber quotes for, or a band name.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
Weights for the Aion start at 1967g.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
At the XC and weight weenie end of the scale is the Axon Werx.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
It’s mostly carbon fibre monocoque, with weights starting at 1564g. The only travel options are 80mm and 100mm.
Eurobike: 2016: Suntour
The lowers are also carbon, with magnesium dropouts.

David started mountain biking in the 90’s, by which he means “Ineptly jumping a Saracen Kili Racer off anything available in a nearby industrial estate”. After growing up and living in some extremely flat places, David moved to Yorkshire specifically for the mountain biking. This felt like a horrible mistake at first, because the hills are so steep, but you get used to them pretty quickly. Previously, David trifled with road and BMX, but mountain bikes always won. He’s most at peace battering down a rough trail, quietly fixing everything that does to a bike, or trying to figure out if that one click of compression damping has made things marginally better or worse. The inept jumping continues to this day.

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Comments (1)

    potdogpotdog October 7, 2016 at 8:27 pm

    I have some earlier forks with the Q-loc axle. It’s was a pain with a hub that didn’t have a continuous axle sleeve as it would open again inside the hub and stop you removing it. I ended up chopping a piece out of a small washer so I could use that to fix it open. Then one day the flange end picked up a rock strike and suddenly became self locking, which was a nice bonus

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