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I need a new fork for my Hustler with 'heavy duty trail riding' and 2 weeks in the Alpes in mind. I am currently running a pushed Pike coil and its is feeling bit short last time in the Alps
Im not a big guy (67kg) and dont 'huck stuff' but like to blast Alpine technical decents. Uk riding on this bike is mainly Wales/Scotland/Lakes/Peaks and Trail centres.
The Revs and lighter and Cheaper and have Blackbox damping and Maxle
The Lyriks are obviously stiffer and have the travel adjust (140mm felt spot on for most UK riding on the Hustler)
Are the Revs any good in the Alps (Alpes d'Huez and 2 Alpes this summer)? I plan on upgrading to a Nukeproof Mega in about a year and want the fork to work on that too!
I think the 35mm/Maxle combo of the lyrik is a far stiffer & gives a more direct input to line choice when getting a bit lairy. I def feel the difference with my lyrik 2step on my AM bike, than when on my trail bike which has a 130 travel, 32mm Talas on the front. I go far as to say, the travel makes less difference than the stiffness (perhaps that I just have to work harder on the short bike for a similar result?) the combo of stiffer wheel & stiff fork are far more confidence inspiring than what ( I think) the travel is doing for me.
I like the 2step over the uturn for speed of switching between the settings, one flick of the dial on the fly, rather than the tedious winding of the travel, but I guess that is a taste thing.
Cheers for that info, It's what I thought too. I think the psychological confidence from having a stiffer, burlier fork up front help in certain situations too.
I am a big guy and have just recently put a Rev RLT ti 150 on my AM bike having had a Fox 36 on previously. I am seriously impressed with the Revelation; the chassis is definitely not as stiff and through big, fast rocky sections I can feel myself having to back off a little compared to the 36, but the damping on the Rev's, IMO, is actually better and so the difference is actually marginal. Over terrain where the rocks aren't quite so big, then actually I think the Rev's seem to cope so much better with multiple hits. It's like they don't get choked up as much the 36s and are able to recover more effectively.
The difference then is very much at the nine tenths end of riding, where the Rev's lighter chassis will definitely mean you have to back off a little but at 100kg and an ex DH racer, I'm finding that this only happens when I'm really giving it beans. I think they would be fine for the occasional trip to the Alps, especially if you're not jumping off of stuff.