Tuesday, August 13, 2013

BOS Deville 160 fork review

After hearing a lot of great things from local riders about the BOS Deville forks, I contacted our lovely club sponsors MadElk Cycles and ordered a 160 Deville. Got it installed and took it for a spin up 3Rock and strightaway noticed how good it was at ironing-out small bumps and roots which my previous fork (Fox 36 160 Kashima FIT) seemed to have problems with. Since then, the fork has performed really well and is super-plush but never surrenders too much of its travel, it provides the exact amount of travel I need at anytime, and has saved me from some very dodgy line choices in the past few months. I didn't bother with the TRC aspect as I just never need it, fork has hi & low speed compression adjusters which I'd value a lot more than any kind of travel-adjust. It's got a 20mm thru-axle which keeps everything nice and stiff and responsive. With a service interval twice as long as other forks, it saves on maintenance expenses too. I'd highly recommended this as the ultimate Enduro fork, it takes every kind of terrain in its stride. Big thanks to Michael & Stefan at MadElk - I'm a 100% BOS customer now :-)