X Fusion Velvet RL Mountain Bike Fork 2011

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X Fusion Velvet RL carries a tag line of ‘performance fork’ and it is basically a cross country fork which got unbelievable stiffness. It is a most popular and inexpensive fork available in the market and it is a best quality suspension system that ever built by X Fusion. They started the production of this XC fork in late 2010 and made more improvements in Velvet line of fork to make sure the fork is flawless. This new bike fork for 2011 comes with new chassis and more useful features to impress lot of cross country riders who want budget fork and more adjustment on the ride. This new Velvet RL fork has dropped the weight and totally revamped its internal damping system to suit different riding style.

This suspension fork is 650B convertible means if you add a travel limiter to the air spring you can fit 650B wheels and this obliviously gives the riders few options on which wheel they can run. It comes with adjustable travel that can be done internally using spacer. This mountain bike fork feature 100mm, 120mm and 130mm of travel system and just set it at 100mm for use on any XC bike or remove the spacers for 130mm and use it on any 5” Trail bike. Some major players have some advanced adjustable travel feature such as RockShox with U Turn, Suntour’s TAD remote, Manitou’s RapidTravel and Fox’s TALAS forks. All this technologies are quick click feature having large change in front fork height and travel [...]

Top 10 Best Mountain Bike Fork 2011

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The following top 10 best forks are from different section. All these forks are not given any ranking because each fork is different in its technology and performance. You can compare each fork based on performance and value for money. All these forks are priced between £250 and £600 range.A good fork has two important jobs to do such as taking up various types of technical bumps and to give excellent traction on the ground [...]

Magura Durin Race Bike Fork Review 2011

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Magura Durin Race is one of the best short travel trail fork which comes as a better alternative for Rock Shox SID Race and Pace RC39 XC in its class. This bike fork is not exactly heavy at 1430 gm and very smooth with Magura’s own double arch design. You will be surprised to know that this fork in the 80mm and 100mm of travel is much smoother and stiffer than Fox forks. It gives more linear stroke with the help of progressive spring rate [...]

Manitou Minute Pro Mountain Bike Fork Review 2011

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Manitou Minute Pro is a special breed of suspension fork that has gained good reputation among mountain bike riders in a short span. It is a well built fork with Manitou own technology that requires less maintenance. This bike fork strongly withholds its proven technology by giving more supple suspension irrespective of trail. There are various reasons to prefer Manitou Minute Pro over the other fork suspension that has similar price range [...]

Fox 32 Float 140 RL Bike Fork 2010

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Fox 32 Float 140 RL is designed for 140mm travel and can be used for XC, Trail and All Mountain riding style. It is more stable bike fork and specially designed to fit the intended riding style, size and the bike type. Fox 32 Float 140 RL is a light weight mountain bike fork when compared to RockShox Air Revelation or Pikes which comes under the same category. It feature open bath damping system that enables[...]

SR Suntour SF9 Epicon RLD Mountain Bike Fork 2010

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The brand name Suntour still holds the average reputation but the truth is Suntour also makes good bike fork like Epicon that is not known to many of the amateur bike riders. Suntour is one of the largest fork manufacturers, which has its operation with less complaints or issues when compared to other mountain bike fork brand. It is not surprising to see valuable suspension forks like Epicon, which are built[...]