CONCLUSION The affordable Revelation is livelier and more sensitive than the Magura, but cannot keep up with the heavy BOS downhill. Thanks to the steep characteristic curve, the classic touring fork can be ridden open at all times, which makes the easily noticeable compression damping superfluous. In the course of the test rides, the fork tightened slightly and lost travel as a result.
BIKE judgement VERY GOOD
Price 702 Euro
Suspension travel¹/works specification 135 mm/140 mm
Weight¹ 1792 g
Info www.sram.com
MANUFACTURER INFORMATION
Setting options Spring stiffness via air pressure, rebound, compression
Lowering/platform No/yes
Max. Ø disc/weight limit 200 mm/no
Available shafts Taper
Available dropouts 15 mm
MEASURED VALUES¹
Installation length 525 mm
Torsional rigidity 28.7 Nm/°
Brake rigidity 215 Nm/°
¹BIKE measured values (weight including thru axle and remote lever where applicable. Lefty incl. Lefty-4All adapter).
²The BIKE judgement is independent of price. It is made up of the six criteria and is based on rounded values. BIKE judgements: super, very good, good, satisfactory, with weaknesses, unsatisfactory.
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