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After selling my enduro, I am now left with a hardtail and a full suss (chumba xcl)
The chumba is going to be my do it all bike, but I can't decide which forks to go for. The majority of the time I will be riding trails and xc (trips to wales etc), but also some downhill and some reasonable sized jumps (25ft+) and drops (5ft+) Occasionally I will take it on uplifts so I was thinking of a lyrik 2 step or 36 talas, but am not clued up on the travel adjust features having only used u turn.
Forks need to be light(ish) for all dayers and have travel adjust as the frame is not great for climbing. They also need to be able to take a beating and survive the odd black run and trip to the alps.
I've narrowed it down to:
Pike 454 air
U turn revs
Lyrik 2 step (coil is too heavy)
fox 36 talas
What do you think would be the best choice?
Ive used pikes before and they are great and usually cheaply available. Im onto my second set of lyriks now but Im using the 170mm solo air and find them great. Good to climb with as well due to the compression adjust. My mate also runs fox 36 floats and they climb good as well. Id plump for the lyriks myself unless a decent price came up on the others.
Bos Deville - by far the best fork I've ever used, plus they're very light, and have a long service interval. Not the cheapest bit also not far from 36's or Lyrics. Seriously good forks.
Pike 454 dual air has been good to me.
I'd go for Float 36 RC2s. Set the travel to whatever is appropriate for the bike and ride them as-is, don't bother with the travel adjust.
No experience of the Deville, but I do prefer the 36s over my old Pikes.
I can't get away with 160mm fork without travel adjust, the bike climbs like a 3 legged dog with pikes at 140mm. I need something I can wind down for steep climbs otherwise the front end starts wandering. Badly.