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[Closed] DVO Emerald fork

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Anyone got one? Does the dinky little integral mudguard make any difference?


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 5:09 pm
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i have not seen a dvo fork in the flesh yet


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 5:10 pm
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How many of these even exist?

EDIT Sorry I assumed you meant the Diamond


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 5:15 pm
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How many of these even exist?

EDIT Sorry I assumed you meant the Diamond

Sorry - I did (the single-crown 'Enduro' fork?).

Have never seen a DVO fork in the wild either, but due to midweek riding don't often see many other people out so wasn't reading much into that...


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 5:24 pm
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I think you need the dinky mudguard to make it stiff enough. Otherwise, you just t end up with a bright green for that's about two pounds heavier than a Fox 40, but is still too flexy to use.


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 5:25 pm
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This, in case anyone was wondering:

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Posted : 12/01/2015 5:29 pm
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Ive seen a couple of Emeralds at Revo and Pearce days on shop sponsored riders bikes but no Diamonds that I can remember. DVO Mudguards preferable to those Chris Porter abominations ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 5:44 pm
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That adjustable negative spring coil preload looks good.


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 5:47 pm
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Right.

Doubt that makes any difference, other than being a nice, neat marshguard alternative.


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 5:54 pm
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Doubt that makes any difference, other than being a nice, neat marshguard alternative

It does look neat, and unlike the cable-tie-on ones, it shouldn't reduce tyre clearance; I wonder why [s]apart from being designed in California[/s] none of the other fork manufacturers have done this.

Whether it reduces spray meaningfully is, of course, another question...


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 7:26 pm
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I wonder why none of the other fork manufacturers have done this.

I bet that's threaded straight into the casting and you'll see threads falling apart in no time as people dont realise/think about it.

Of course this is based on nothing other than my experience of the bike industry being stoopid.


 
Posted : 12/01/2015 8:04 pm