PUSH founder Darren Murphy wasn’t letting on what’s within their upcoming inverted suspension fork, however shared a couple of ideas on why they did and what units it aside from previous makes an attempt to carry a mid- to long-travel path and enduro fork to marketplace with an the wrong way up design.

Some of the visually distinctive options is the deep crown, coming a long way down the alloy higher legs. He says the moto trade figured it out way back that how you can make an inverted fork stiff sufficient is the connection between the crown and the legs, and tapering the legs correctly.

Any other important section is retaining the stanchions sliding in tandem, and outsized dropouts with a pinch bolt design. Thick dropouts imply longer axles, this means that extra overlap on both finish, which may even give a boost to stiffness.

We’re guessing it’s sticking with the average 15×110 Spice up dimensions, however would additionally bet it’ll be a floating axle design to stay the entirety completely aligned.

The dropouts bolt to the stanchions, too, which might permit for a modular design. Rebound (possibly) controls are at the backside…

…and compression controls up height. Each have surrounds that glance to string out, making it simple to take away any damping cartridge, most likely with no need to disassemble all the fork.

Any other attention-grabbing little bit is that this bolt at the bottom. We’re pondering it’s one in all 3 issues:

• It holds a decrease bushing/seal/cup in position that captures the lowers within the uppers, which might additionally act as a top-out bumper.
• It’s a lube/grease port
• It holds a “key” in position and the stanchions have a (or most likely more than one) flat face or slot throughout the higher that forestalls the lowers from spinning round when the wheel and axle are got rid of.

It’s a hex bolt, so it’s almost certainly no longer a power liberate valve. Another guesses?

The comb guards proven listed here are 3-D-printed to dial within the have compatibility, however manufacturing variations can be injection-molded plastic.

No phrase on journey or value, but it surely will have to be to be had this summer season. It’s proven right here at the Trek Gasoline EX-e (150mm fork) and We Are One Arrival, which is available in 152mm and 170mm rear journey variants, so it’s geared toward Path and Enduro riders. Reliable specifications can be to be had once they officially announce it, which may well be as early as Would possibly.

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