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Does anyone have any experience with Ohlins forks. They are among the best when it comes to motorcycles but have never seen them on a MTB. They are for sale locally in Milnerton, Cape Town post-95256-0-97793100-1567152927_thumb.jpg

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Does anyone have any experience with Ohlins forks. They are among the best when it comes to motorcycles but have never seen them on a MTB. They are for sale locally in Milnerton, Cape Town attachicon.gifScreenshot_20190830-111449.jpg

 

Ohlins made the headlines a little while back with their move to MTB:

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/specialized-ohlins-suspension-team-2017.html

 

Then some bad stuff happened:

https://gearjunkie.com/ohlins-rxf-air-fork-recall-specialized

 

And to be honest I'm not totally sure what happened after that. But just do your homework if you're thinking of buying.  

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Does anyone have any experience with Ohlins forks. They are among the best when it comes to motorcycles but have never seen them on a MTB. They are for sale locally in Milnerton, Cape Town attachicon.gifScreenshot_20190830-111449.jpg

would be interesting to hear what the retail of these are at MP in SA, seeing that they are not a totally bicycle related company that have stock...so probably would not feel inclined to put a 2000000% markup on items lol 

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Ohlins made the headlines a little while back with their move to MTB:

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/specialized-ohlins-suspension-team-2017.html

 

Then some bad stuff happened:

https://gearjunkie.com/ohlins-rxf-air-fork-recall-specialized

 

And to be honest I'm not totally sure what happened after that. But just do your homework if you're thinking of buying.

 

Seems that they have it under control. It’s a simple fix with a torque wrench at any spaz dealer

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More bicycle industry KoolAid.

 

Ohlins suspension has been winning world championships since 1978, the first hydraulic mtb brake was only made in 1987

 

Trust me there's a reason they're on nearly every racing car/motorcycle/atv and soon to be mtb's

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Ohlins suspension has been winning world championships since 1978, the first hydraulic mtb brake was only made in 1987

 

Trust me there's a reason they're on nearly every racing car/motorcycle/atv and soon to be mtb's

Sounds like the fan boi choir that preceded their less than spectacular entry in the mtb market, which turned out to be more of a shitshow than anything else.

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Sounds like the fan boi choir that preceded their less than spectacular entry in the mtb market, which turned out to be more of a shitshow than anything else.

What issues did they have on their earlier Mtb forks?
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What issues did they have on their earlier Mtb forks?

Big batch didn't get their top caps properly torqued in the factory and started working themselves loose

 

Drop of lock tite and proper torque and you were good

 

Nothing dire like lowers snapping or adjusters getting stuck

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What issues did they have on their earlier Mtb forks?

Bushings out of tolerance, too tight fitting.

Rear shocks blowing* up.

And the torque ‘non-issue’

 

Edit: *not literally blowing up.

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They are old issues which were at least recognised and fixed. I took a look at them and they certainly look tasty

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Friend of mine have Ohlins fork and shock on her Spaz Enduro.

Pig in sh*t is an understatement.

And that gold on black is sexy AF  :drool:

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Bushings out of tolerance, too tight fitting.

Rear shocks blowing* up.

And the torque ‘non-issue’

Edit: *not literally blowing up.

 

Okay

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