Hey gents,
Both the Pike and the new XFusion offerings have been getting rave reviews, and given my experience with the XFusion Slant, I agree that they are making outstanding products.
I am building a Banshee Spitfire v2 and have a CCDB Air mounted up. I'm trying to make this build something that will keep me happy for the next few years, and while I have all of the other parts picked out, the fork is still a troubling part that I can't seem to nail down.
As my review buried somewhere in the boards states, I'm very happy with my XFusion Slant on my Chromag Samurai. It's a great fork, albeit a bit tall, and it seems to handle everything extremely well. That being said, we all know how much everyone seems to be loving the Pike. I haven't had more than an hour or so on the Pike and so it's very hard to tell whether the performance is truly superior, but I need to make a call here in the next 2 weeks and decide which fork I want. BikeMagic did a shootout-type review, but they didn't make very concrete points and all in all it was a pretty poorly executed test IMO. Anyone have any experience that might help me decide on one or the other?
Cheers.
Both the Pike and the new XFusion offerings have been getting rave reviews, and given my experience with the XFusion Slant, I agree that they are making outstanding products.
I am building a Banshee Spitfire v2 and have a CCDB Air mounted up. I'm trying to make this build something that will keep me happy for the next few years, and while I have all of the other parts picked out, the fork is still a troubling part that I can't seem to nail down.
As my review buried somewhere in the boards states, I'm very happy with my XFusion Slant on my Chromag Samurai. It's a great fork, albeit a bit tall, and it seems to handle everything extremely well. That being said, we all know how much everyone seems to be loving the Pike. I haven't had more than an hour or so on the Pike and so it's very hard to tell whether the performance is truly superior, but I need to make a call here in the next 2 weeks and decide which fork I want. BikeMagic did a shootout-type review, but they didn't make very concrete points and all in all it was a pretty poorly executed test IMO. Anyone have any experience that might help me decide on one or the other?
Cheers.