Ohlins TTX air vs Cane Creek DB IL Air

I’m going to replace the shock on my Stumpjumper with one of the above.

Anyone got experience of either?

I think I prefer the Ohlins, but can’t get over that it’s nearly twice as much as Cane Creek!

I was nothing but impressed by the ride of the DB inlines, when they weren’t broken.

They seem much more reliable now though, and a real bargain compared to other brands.

Great shock for a trail bike and I’d say the TTX Air looks more comparable to the DBair (not inline) anyway.

I went through three DB air on my Enduro in a few months before Specialized swapped it out for a Ohlins. It was still going strong when I sold the bike a in April. Still running the Ohlins on the Other Enduros with no problems.
Our last couple of bikes have come with the Fox Shock, Stumpy and Enduro and can fault them apart from the air valve is a pig to get to on the Enduro due to the nearness to the yoke

X-wing Enduro is known for chewing through shocks, killed two STX’s on mine and a mate killed multiple inlines and I know of a few monarchs that were killed off as well. You can’t really use the old enduro as a yardstick and the inline has been improved a lot since 2015.

Latest Inlines are very good, in our riding group we’ve all had one recently with no issues at all, I put 1500miles on mine, mate has one on his fuel and must be similar. All the changes they’ve made have removed all the niggling problems they had.

You don’t see many TTX airs about and I dont know anyone that has had one, so its a little bit of an unknown.

I had an Inline on my Stumpy Evo and it worked really well, shame the bike was too small for me. Its worth looking at the cascade links to fix some of the linearity and wallowing they are known for, I wouldn’t be putting a coil on it.

This thread has made me consider a DBinline for my Stage 4 actually.

But I’ve just got my DPS serviced, so maybe next year.

Depending on what year Stumpjumper you have don’t rule out a Fox Float DPX2

I had an Inline on my Stumpy Evo and it worked really well, shame the bike was too small for me. Its worth looking at the cascade links to fix some of the linearity and wallowing they are known for, I wouldn’t be putting a coil on it.

I’m running the stock DHX2 at the moment with a progressive spring – Spring is still too light for my weight at 85kg (running the 510-600lbs spring) So spend far too much time in the midstroke unless i prop it up with LSC. Doesn’t bottom out anymore though!

I looked at the Cascade link, but factoring in postage/import costs and a new spring i thought i may as well buy a new shock,

plus i save about 400g in weight with an air shock!

I’m moving towards the TTX air as i think it will have the most similar feel to the coil, plus they make a special air can to suit the Stumpjumper.

X2 is a good option for the EVO, but seems a lottery as to whether it fits or not. Do wonder what goes through the heads of the crayon holders when scribbling these bikes together!

DBinline made a massive improvement on my Orange segment over the stock Fox shock,bought it s/h and I have put a good few miles on it and have had no issues with it so far 🤞

i’ve a dbair IL on my stumpy (new..assymetric frame)
Brill shock – the ability to dial high AND low speed compression is great.

I got mine from TFT in the sale..was a right bargain. Way better than stock..
DrP

I was nothing but impressed by the ride of the DB inlines, when they weren’t broken

Same as this.  If they have sorted out the reliability the shock was otherwise brilliant in my not worth much opinion.  If I’m ever feeling rich I will have TFT convert mine to coil, I can’t be bothered getting it serviced/fixed again in air guise

I’ve had the air and the coil inline and actually preferred the air. The coil just seemed too linear and lacked the floaty, perky feel of the air.

Though it was on different bikes, so not apples for apples.

Well that has done nothing for my enthusiasm to spend more on it 😀  But it felt so good when it worked I may get tempted to give the coil a go.  It would be on a bike with a fairly progressive linkage so maybe it will work better for me

I had the coil on enduro bikes and the air on trail bikes TBH, and that’s probably where they work best.

Also, I was using the coil as a patch on a frame with a rubbish kinematic as well.

So basically ignore everything I say.

😉

I’ve got a coil (CC DB IL Coil) on it’s way for my Jeffsy, cannot wait.

Jeffsy has a very progressive leverage so they work very well with coils, so I’ve heard.

I had my DBinline upgraded to DB Air spec at TF when it was serviced last August, since lockdown I’ve only ridden three times and it’s not holding pressure any more (one more ride and it’s going back for a service)

I run an ohlins front and back on my enduro and they are very smooth.
Although I started to have issue in the Alps when I got home a few emails to ohlins and they sent out a new “service kit” which turned out to be a brand new shock.

I wouldn’t discount the online coil; I got one for my Whyte S150-s with a vault spring & it doesn’t weigh a massive amount more than the Rockshox it replaces but the difference in performance is phenomenal.

I bought it last Christmas in a TFtuned sale and they set it up for my bike. It was horrible – way over damped. I fiddled about and it’s now fantastic. An absolute revelation and no reliability issues whatsoever. It gets ridden every day from commuting to sessioning local DH tracks. Very poppy and fun bike now.

Replaced a basic Deluxe with an IL Air on my Starling, I can’t believe how sensitive the CC is in comparison. The independent high and low speed adjustments are brilliant and if you get it set up for your weight/bike/riding style the price is actually really reasonable.