Cane Creek - Helm

Discussion in 'Suspension' started by MrGreedom, Mar 2, 2017.


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  1. MrGreedom

    MrGreedom Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Los Angeles
    Name:
    Ryan
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    BH Lynx6
  2. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

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    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    Boost and 27.5 only right now, but it looks promising. 35mm/travel-adjust and still lightweight. Cane Creek innovations and reliability.

    TFPU.
     
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  3. riiz

    riiz Member

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    Redlands, CA
    Name:
    Eric
    Current Bike:
    Santa Cruz Heckler/Killmaleon
    Its a great time to launch a fork, they watched and allowed the other fork manufacturers to figure out what works.

    Its a Frankenstein creation in a good way, it has a sealed damper like Rockshox's Charger or Fox's Fit4. It has copied Manitou's Mattoc/Dorado air-spring design down to the air volume adjustability and Cane Creek even tried their IRT design, basically a 2-chambered positive spring. And like MRP's Stage, you can bleed the positive chamber after setting the negative spring for a lower break-away force. The axle reminds of the simplicity of the highend SR-Suntour forks too.

    My only gripe with the Helm, is that the blue finish wont be a standard offering. That's pretty different in a sea of black forks.
     
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  4. herzalot

    herzalot iMTB Hooligan

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    Chris
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    2020 Revel Rail,Yeti SB 130 LR
    @riiz It comes in black. They only made a few hundred blue.

    I LOVE that CC finally came out with a fork. I have two Cane Creek shocks and they are stellar!
     
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  5. herzalot

    herzalot iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Laguna Beach
    Name:
    Chris
    Current Bike:
    2020 Revel Rail,Yeti SB 130 LR
    I forgot about this thread.

    I rode an air Helm on the Eminent Haste I demo'd. Like most forks, I had to run far less air than recommended in order for it to get a suitable amount of travel and plushness. It wasn't very plush, but I only ran it down Rock-It, Stairs and TnA. It takes a long time to get a fork dialed in.

    We should be able to find some long-term tests at this point using the Google.
     
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