Just at the idle musing stage:
My Fox step cast 100mm fork on the xc bike is in need of a service (bit of play in bushings). To my mind I’d prefer a fork that could cope with my desire to ride a lot rather than need a service after 100 hrs or so. If I’m happy to add an extra 200 grams or so (a dollop of mud after all), then what fork would give me the durability I desire with performance to match. I might add that I define performance by working as opposed to being really ace for a bit then knackered.
I race lots and hence know that results come from good legs rather than gram shaving. I need a bike that can cope with being ridden as opposed to something that is great on paper but can’t deal with actually doing a whole shed load of miles.
I’ll send the current fork off for a service but whilst respecting that a top notch xc fork needs some tlc, inside I actually respect gear that can cope with being ridden, hence still ridding my beloved Blue Pig X with Rockshox Sector coil fork as much as I ride the truly sublime Trek Topfuel I race on.
I put 120mm fork in the title as apparently the Topfuel is warrentied for this length so why wouldn’t you?