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White Brothers
Fluid 29-135
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5/5
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Description:
- Damping: Open Oil Bath
- Adjustments (external and/or internal): Rebound, Compression, Spring Preload, Air Pressure
- Spring: Coil with Air Assist
- Stanchions: 32mm
- Crown: Beefy single
- Axle-to-Crown: 535mm
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Submitted by
Rain Man
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia
Date Reviewed: March 12, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Local | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Online. | | Strengths: | Well made, very good finish. A solid feel to this fork, the seals are Enduro, which are very good seals. Quiet, no rattles or 'clunks'. No Twisting or flexing. | | Weaknesses: | Expensive. Quite heavy. NO Lockout. | | Similar Products Used: | Manitou, Fox, Rockshox, etc.. | | Bike Setup: | RIP 9 FS. | | Bottom Line: |
I'm currently running a long-term test on this WB 135 fork. So far it has been very good.
The initial tuning was a bit of a mystery to me for a couple of days, but once I sorted that out, the fork behaved in an exemplary manner.
This is a very "quiet" fork to ride with. It disappears in use, you never even think about it...and that is the mark of a good, well made product.
This is a solidly built fork that looks great in it's shiny black finish with the silver White bros logo. It performs even better than it looks, soaking up everything in it's path with no fuss or noise.
This is a great fork for a light All Mountain bike. I have had no problems with this WB 135 to date, and I ride it almost every fine-weather day.
The steering is rock solid with the through axle, it goes exactly where it is pointed, with no flexing or deviation, even on off-camber bumps and roots, etc..
This fork has one weakness ... it is the absence of a lockout mechanism. For those out of the saddle sprints and uphill mashing, no lockout means that the fork is going to bob around a bit, but correct tuning can overcome most of this bad behavior. However, a lockout would have been the thing that made this fork perfect, imo.
Apart from this one glaring weakness, the fork is fantastic. It eats up small and large bumps without disturbing the rider and maintains the chosen line without flexing or twisting.
I shall update this report on the WB 135 after another few months use and hope that is it performing just as well then, as it is now.
Rainman
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Submitted by
Peter
a Weekend Warrior
from York
Date Reviewed: December 6, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Dalby | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike29 | | Strengths: | Everything - this fork is the best I have used and is the epitome of high priced forks.
Set up was easy and it does exactly what it is supposed to, no flaws, no quirks, no having to mess around with lockouts/rebound adjusments on the trail, it works flawlessly on everything from stairs, to hucks, steep climbs and everything in between! | | Weaknesses: | It only has two flaws, both negligable compared to the final result:
The first is cost, the second it one of the top caps is made of plastic! It's like buying a picasso and putting it in a cheap frame, why have that plastic crap! | | Similar Products Used: | Only one product in a similar league which was the Fox F80x, no contest this wins | | Bike Setup: | Rip9 | | Bottom Line: | If you are a big guy and have the money you can't do better than this fork on a RIP9. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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