I am looking at getting some new forks for my bike, I had some pike coil's and even with an X-firm spring they were too soft. Then i bought the 454 air version, they were great but not really burly enough. Now i am deciding between a Lyrik, Wotan or my favourite 36 talas rc2.

I have a 4'' travel Kona Bass slopestyle (freeride) bike and want to run these on it at 120mm, will they work properly like this? With the travel adjust I can use them on my Bullit if I want at more travel, this just makes them versitile.

My only real worry is that the wotan has no compression adjust…Hi or low speed. I weigh 14.5st and want to ride them for a bit of light DH and for drops etc, so really want a fork that will have a progressive stroke and have the ability to be run hard or soft, depending on if i am jumping or riding local DH/singletrack.

Can anyone give me an opinion? Cheers!