I've always enjoyed the initial suppleness of the pre 2020 Lyrik and Yari Forks. But as you experience, the initial travel loss and dive has made for less than optimal rough/steep terrain riding unless you went up a travel bracket (160mm for instead of 150mm, etc.)
I don't have any miles on the new the new debonair C1 upgrade but looking forward to it at some point as the improvements seem to be well worth it!
Z1 coil would be hard to compare to an air sprung rockshox but the physics behind the linear support you get from a coil is quite noticeable. Fork doesn't have to go through a whole alot of travel before the pressure builds up enough for a mid stroke support. The support comes in early and consistently. It is a feeling I appreciate on the absolutely deadly moves we sometimes have to pull on the North Shore.
June 9, 2020, 8:24 a.m. - Deniz Merdano
I've always enjoyed the initial suppleness of the pre 2020 Lyrik and Yari Forks. But as you experience, the initial travel loss and dive has made for less than optimal rough/steep terrain riding unless you went up a travel bracket (160mm for instead of 150mm, etc.) I don't have any miles on the new the new debonair C1 upgrade but looking forward to it at some point as the improvements seem to be well worth it! Z1 coil would be hard to compare to an air sprung rockshox but the physics behind the linear support you get from a coil is quite noticeable. Fork doesn't have to go through a whole alot of travel before the pressure builds up enough for a mid stroke support. The support comes in early and consistently. It is a feeling I appreciate on the absolutely deadly moves we sometimes have to pull on the North Shore.