Eurobike 2016: DT Swiss, New Shock and Fork

The biggest news from DT Swiss at this year’s Eurobike was their new APT system, which stands for Adaptable Progression Tune. Here it was on the stand:

If it looks familiar…

… and here’s how it works. A replacement top cap and volume spacers!

As well as shipping with new O.D.L. forks, this top cap and spacer arrangement will also be available as an upgrade to existing O.D.L. forks at DT Swiss service centres.

A very shiny dual remote for controlling fork and shock lockout simultaneously.

The O.P.M. ODL forks, 130mm travel and the new APT system included. Prices start at €899, going up to €1199 for a remote ready version.

This is the new R414 shock, which DT are pitching to everyone from XC to enduro racers, but on the stand they emphasised the latter.

While their forks are becoming more progressive, they’ve designed this shock to be a bit more linear.

Weight is 250g. Prices start at €379, or €429 for a remote ready version.

Not a new fork, but, mm, lovely carbon.

As well as new suspension, they’re going a bit wider in the rim department too. EX511 and M502 get an internal width of 30mm. Also, not pictured here as some of the stand labelling was a bit misplaced, but they’ll soon be doing rims with up to 40mm internal widths for plus tyres.

Despite the labelling, this is actually one of the new Spline Two wheels, which will have an internal rim width of 30mm, and weigh 1820g per set.

The final thing, that we didn’t spot on their stand but did see in the press kit, is this Plug In thru-axle, which is basically a bolt-through axle with removable DT Swiss lever. Retail is given at €31.60

If there were a Eurobike prize for “Most Bond Lair-esque stand”, DT Swiss would’ve won it this year.

David Hayward

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.