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Budget limitations aren't really a big deal on a $2500 DH fork, but as
Tehllama42 pointed out, they're trying to make things work for everyone.
Development is an iterative process, and we have the advantage of being able
to look at what these companies do and analyse it before we develop targeted
improvements. Each individual part is only as good as the level of thinking
and research that went into it - it's not like any one person is "smarter"
than Fox or Rockshox as a whole, but we get to pick and choose what we want to
work on. They don't have that same luxury - they have to design every part of
the fork and every part of the shock.
Dec. 15, 2016, 4:33 p.m. - Steve Mathews
#!markdown Budget limitations aren't really a big deal on a $2500 DH fork, but as Tehllama42 pointed out, they're trying to make things work for everyone. Development is an iterative process, and we have the advantage of being able to look at what these companies do and analyse it before we develop targeted improvements. Each individual part is only as good as the level of thinking and research that went into it - it's not like any one person is "smarter" than Fox or Rockshox as a whole, but we get to pick and choose what we want to work on. They don't have that same luxury - they have to design every part of the fork and every part of the shock.