Last year Kids Ride Shotgun released a new ridealong seat. Made from cotton and polyester blend, with a french terry, 320g/m² lining. YT does clobber now, like this Simple Sweater Crew Neck with a subtle 3D print YT flash logo. We’re hoping the RFX34 M2 is the fork where performance finally matches the hype. Ohlins is this year’s must-have suspension, bike brands are falling over themselves to equip top end bikes with those yellow stickered forks and shocks. The RXF34 is for 29ers only, it’s e-bike approved, uses a 44mm offset and you can spec it with 120 or 130mm travel. The old model had a crazy 24 and five-click range respectively, which really was overkill, so we’re happy to see the new fork reign it in some. It’s as adjustable a fork as ever, with fifteen clicks of low-speed compression and rebound adjustment, and three for high-speed. Ohlins says it shares plenty of the benefits, but weights 27% less and is “optimised for faster and more fluid trail riding, striking the optimal balance between traction, control, weight and stiffness.” We hope that doesn’t mean it’s built for pedalling efficiency. Ohlins also adds the floating axle design found in the RXF36 m.2 and RXF38 m.2 forks that aims to decrease friction and boost stiffness.įinally, and most importantly, there’s the new OTX18 damper the brand has developed off the back of the TTX18 damper from its gravity suspension lineup. There’s also a greater air volume in the spring because of those new lower legs which should provide greater tuning opportunities. The new chassis gets a closed-end outer tube design with a claimed increase in stiffness and impact resistance. Lightweight: the new fork came in at 1698g on our scales, in touch with the Fox 34 It won’t be as easy to adjust during a ride, where a shock pump was all you needed, but it could well have saved a ton of weight – the new fork came in at 1698g on our scales, in touch with the Fox 34. Ohlins has decided it’s overkill on a short-travel trail bike fork and that it can save weight with a positive, and self-adjusting negative chamber, much like RockShox and Fox use. ![]() Gone is the triple-chamber air spring we liked so much on the cool original, with its positive, negative and third independently adjustable bottom-out air spring. Now in 2022 it gets a complete rework, with new chassis, damper and air spring. And it blew us away with its smooth action and easy breakaway feel. ![]() But this is actually where it all started for Ohlins, at least on the MTB scene – when the Swedish brand released the RXF 34 back in 2016 it was the first time it had built a suspension fork from the ground up. Or perhaps a burly 38mm stanchioned enduro fork, or the yellow flash from a coil shock. Think Ohlins and you’ll probably picture Loic Bruni or Finn Iles coming across the finish line at a World Cup. Inside is the new OTX18 damper the brand has developed off the back of the TTX18 shock, which claims to be light but effective Ohlins RXF34 M.2 downcountry fork
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