We are at the start of the Pino Morto trail in Finale Ligure. Ahead of us lies a three-kilometre descent of the nastiest kind, behind us a marathon tuning of the suspension forks. Also of the nastiest kind. Low and high-speed compression, response behaviour, volume of the positive or negative air chamber, rebound and different air pressures in all air chambers. Anyone who has not studied suspension technology for two semesters will quickly be overwhelmed by the various adjustment options on modern enduro forks. In some forks, you can change up to seven factors to adapt the fork to your personal preferences or changing terrain. Only five out of nine suspension forks come with detailed manufacturer recommendations for setup. Cane Creek, DVO and SR Suntour leave the rider completely alone with their complicated products. You have no choice but to find the optimum values yourself. We spent a morning pumping, measuring negative spring travel and counting rebound clicks. Are the many setting options a blessing, or technical overkill?
Our test track does without a flowing prelude. The rock field on the first few metres demands everything from the forks.
The test results of these 9 enduro suspension forks are available as a PDF in the download area below:
- BOS Deville
- Cane Creek helmet
- Cane Creek helmet Coil
- DVO Beryl
- Formula Selva
- Fox Float 36
- MRP Ribbon
- RockShox Lyrik RCT3
- SR Suntour Auron
