The big bikes are to blame for everything. Anyone who visited the Eurobike trade fair and was surrounded by a sea of new products quickly came to a clear realisation: the really big innovations and red-hot innovations are mainly in the 29-inch segment. At least in the cross-country to all-mountain segment. Whether hardtail or fully, whether tyres, wheels or suspension forks, the industry is busy cultivating the new business segment with leisure. The 29er movement has really picked up speed. Definitely a welcome addition, in our opinion, but not always easy, even as a magazine. There are more and more products under the 29er label, but in our case too few months to be able to fully cover or test the extended spectrum.
Sporty forks in 26 and 29 inch
In order to do justice to the larger number of forks, we have split the fork test into two parts. In this section, you will find 26 and 29-inch forks with less travel for cross country, marathon and all-mountain sports. The long-travel forks with 150 and 160 to 170 millimetres of travel for All Mountain Plus and Enduro will follow shortly. As some brand-new fork models were simply not yet available, even after persistent enquiries to the importer, we unfortunately had to do without a few renowned brands. This is why the Manitou Marvel and Tower, the Marzocchi Corsa Superleggera 29, the Formula 33 and the DT Swiss XRC 100 are not at the start.
You can find these suspension forks with 100-120 mm travel in the test:
- 26 inch forks for cross country/marathon:
Fox 32 Float Terralogic Factory
Magura Durin Race 100
Rock Shox SID XX Worldcup
SR Suntour Axon Warx RL RC
- 26 inch forks for All Mountain Sport:
Fox Float RLC 120 Factory
Rock Shox Reba RLT Dual Air
- 29 inch forks for cross country/marathon:
DT Swiss XMM 100
Lefty 29er Carbon XLR
Rock Shox SID XX Worldcup 29
SR Suntour X1 LD RC 29"
- 29 inch forks for All Mountain Sport:
Fox 34 Float 29 140 RLC
Rock Shox Revelation XX 29
