There's a reason - and this isn't hating at all - that YT or Evil put WAY MORE effort into looking cool (bikes / sponsored riders) and flashing cool product spec at the most eyeballed areas of the bike (e.g. Fox Kashima at lower price points) rather than dumping their limited budgets into taking frame design to the furthest extent of current carbon manufacturing like say Specialized.
When you don't have an established dealer network and presence that can sell based on the technology you're left with the static HTA number, Reach number, and how cool your brand/bike looks.
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What kills me with the bike market and this fashion obsession is I suppose the same with anything fashion related. If you can afford a Kashima Fox Factory 38 RC2 Grip VVC fork or a Louis Vitton purse then by all means buy one and use it in health.
But if you're that dude complaining about how expensive mountain biking is and trying to ride hard, janky, local trails and you aren't making an attempt to seek out high-quality products with 90-99% of the performance (depending on the rider and how they push their gear) for significantly less money then it's hard to listen to your moaning.
Just as a non-fork example, I've heard quite a few riders whingeing about the price of Maxxis rubber but haven't gone out and looked into other options. I've been having a great time on Bontrager's 29x2.5" G5 DH tires (dry or greasy conditions) and they're 70 USD / 90 CAD at SRP.
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*Edit: Actually DVO and Suntour forks share fewer components than you might expect. I don't know either way what DVO's e~fork is using for a chassis.
Aug. 24, 2020, 12:04 p.m. - Andrew Major
There's a reason - and this isn't hating at all - that YT or Evil put WAY MORE effort into looking cool (bikes / sponsored riders) and flashing cool product spec at the most eyeballed areas of the bike (e.g. Fox Kashima at lower price points) rather than dumping their limited budgets into taking frame design to the furthest extent of current carbon manufacturing like say Specialized. When you don't have an established dealer network and presence that can sell based on the technology you're left with the static HTA number, Reach number, and how cool your brand/bike looks. - What kills me with the bike market and this fashion obsession is I suppose the same with anything fashion related. If you can afford a Kashima Fox Factory 38 RC2 Grip VVC fork or a Louis Vitton purse then by all means buy one and use it in health. But if you're that dude complaining about how expensive mountain biking is and trying to ride hard, janky, local trails and you aren't making an attempt to seek out high-quality products with 90-99% of the performance (depending on the rider and how they push their gear) for significantly less money then it's hard to listen to your moaning. Just as a non-fork example, I've heard quite a few riders whingeing about the price of Maxxis rubber but haven't gone out and looked into other options. I've been having a great time on Bontrager's 29x2.5" G5 DH tires (dry or greasy conditions) and they're 70 USD / 90 CAD at SRP. - *Edit: Actually DVO and Suntour forks share fewer components than you might expect. I don't know either way what DVO's e~fork is using for a chassis.