When it comes to suspension performance, it doesn’t get much better than Swedish shock sorcerer Ohlins.
In the world of motorbike racing, they don’t even bother sponsoring riders. In fact, it’s company policy that they’ll never give product away to teams. Despite that you’ll see that most of the top MotoGP riders still have the distinctive yellow and blue brand fitted to their bikes. That means that when they release a new product destined for the world of mountain biking, it's definitely time to sit up and take notice.
Though best known for their motorsport equipment, Ohlins does have plenty of mountain biking experience but it until now it was limited to rear shocks, having helped design the Cane Creek Double Barrel and more recently providing both coil and air shocks for top end Specialized models. They've never attempted a mountain bike fork however, so this could be the start of something big.
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Made in collaboration with Specialized, the RXF 34 fork is designed for use on their Camber, Stumpjumper and Enduro models, coming in 120mm, 140mm and 160mm versions. Before you cast your current forks into the sea and begin booking the operation to have your other kidney taken out in order to afford one of these, there’s some bad news. Yes, the RXF is only coming in a 29er version, though it looks like you could probably squeeze a 27 Plus tyre in there. We’ll temper that with the fact that you can keep you internal organs where they are - early reports are that the cost (and weight) will be comparable with other top end forks from the likes of Fox or RockShox. You’ll be able to buy one through normal Specialized retailers too.
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