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I’ve since changed to a smashpot coil in the Lyrik. I’ve only had two rides on it so far, so will reserve judgment until I’ve had a good few riding hours on it.
But my first impression was that it wasn’t actually a massive night and day difference in terms of off the top plush ness compared to the b1 air spring.
That's interesting - I've been considering coil forks recently, so that's food for thought
TooTallTim-
I’ll definitely report back.
On the first ride, I felt a bit unsettled but I think I just needed to slow the rebound damping. I then crashed hard which cut the ride short.I think I just had such a romantic memory of coil forks back in the day.
The weather is set to be absolutely honking tomorrow at inners so I’ll soon find out how much more grip I get.
TotalShanner
Yeah, this is pretty much exactly the same conclusion I came to.
Once I’m on the bike at sag point, I’m already past the ‘lost’ 10mm of travel, so it doesn’t really matter much.
But indeed it’s that lost negative travel that sort of annoyed me. But then that travel would only be accessed when the wheel came off the ground!? I eventually managed to stop thinking about it since my Lyrik Ultimate with the b1 air spring was by far the best feeling fork I’d ever used anyway.
I’ve since changed to a smashpot coil in the Lyrik. I’ve only had two rides on it so far, so will reserve judgment until I’ve had a good few riding hours on it.
But my first impression was that it wasn’t actually a massive night and day difference in terms of off the top plush ness compared to the b1 air spring. It did feel very active, but that might have been more to do with finding the right rebound speed again.
Booked on for the uplift at Innerleithen tomorrow so should have formed a better idea by then.