This also agrees with my logic of how it works. And although this testing seems to prove 'something' is happening it feels hard to imagine that these aren't doing what a tire does. A tire literally reduces the small impacts through it's air suspension.
I'm looking at putting a coil fork on my bike (the Marzocchi Z1 coil is only $379USD right now for reference) so I'm looking for more small bump compliance myself.
Thanks though for the real world testing. MTB seems to lack this type of A-B, blind (if possible of course) testing. So it's refreshing to see it done and not surprising its the NSMB crew doing it.
Feb. 9, 2024, 3:25 p.m. - BarryW
This also agrees with my logic of how it works. And although this testing seems to prove 'something' is happening it feels hard to imagine that these aren't doing what a tire does. A tire literally reduces the small impacts through it's air suspension. I'm looking at putting a coil fork on my bike (the Marzocchi Z1 coil is only $379USD right now for reference) so I'm looking for more small bump compliance myself. Thanks though for the real world testing. MTB seems to lack this type of A-B, blind (if possible of course) testing. So it's refreshing to see it done and not surprising its the NSMB crew doing it.