Posted by: Endur-Bro
Yet SRAM offer the Lyrik 29 in both 170 and 180mm travel options. Which is what I'm getting at. Why does only one suspension company offer an über long travel single crown and FOX, Öhlins, DVo, MRP, Manitou all offer 29ers at 160mm and under (minus the unreleased 49 and Boxxer)?
Anyway, a 170mm Öhlins 36 or Fox 36 29er would tweak my loins.
The Evil Wrecking is the longest travel single crown 29r I know of and it's built around a 160mm fork. The Wreckoning's competition (Slash, Enduro, Mega) are all 150-155 in the rear and also built around a 160mm fork.
So really there is no reason for any of the brands you mentioned to use precious resources to r&d and produce a fork that nobody uses. Rockshox can offer a 170mm & 180mm single crown 29" fork simply because they are the industry giant and can afford to throw it out there as a niche item. DVO? That's 7 guys operating a company out of a closet in comparison (and doing so quite well, I might add). Not worth their time until a bike and market exists that can use it.
Last edited by: Ninjatarian on June 25, 2017, 6:27 a.m., edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Drunken spelling errors.
