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DT Swiss F535 ONE "Boost" 27.5+/29" Fork review

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Anyone have a DT Swiss F535 one boost 27.5+/29 fork on their bike? I was thinking of buying one for my bike (150mm) but would like to hear people's impression/thoughts on
this fork. The crown and lugs look kind of chunky. I like the idea of a small coil and air spring, giving the fork a supposed slight supple ride. Any thoughts on this fork?
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I picked one up this year to put on my lenz. I like it. Smooth.
It doesn't seem to like colder weather so that much(might be the oil inside I'm not sure).

Price on universal cycles is hard to beat.

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Has the same air spring style as the EXT Era (air plus spring), although only with a single air chamber. Downside is an odd damper setup that is speed sensitive at the beginning of the stroke and normal at the end of it, making it a bit more difficult to tune. Reviews said it was a very comfortable fork that got overwhelmed easily (not unlike my MRP Ribbon Coil) that was a bit difficult to dial in.

Personally I'd rather have a fork that is comfortable than one that is of utmost performance but jarring.
Anyone have a DT Swiss F535 one boost 27.5+/29 fork on their bike? I was thinking of buying one for my bike (150mm) but would like to hear people's impression/thoughts on
this fork. The crown and lugs look kind of chunky. I like the idea of a small coil and air spring, giving the fork a supposed slight supple ride. Any thoughts on this fork?
Can't comment on the fork, but I know it's less tham half price at universal cycles. Not sure if there 15% discount code will work on this price. You need to sign up to the newsletter for the code. They have been trying to shift them for quite a while.
I don't really need a fork, but I am tempted for s&g's. If they had one in shorter travel I'd snag one and replace a machete with it.
Here's a quick update, I really like mine.

Recently I started to hear a weird clicking when going through really chunky stuff.

I thought maybe it was a brake line moving and hitting something.

Finally opened it up to check the air volume spacers, to find they were unthreaded from the air cap and down in the bottom .

Got it secured back to the top, and removed one of the spacers, so I should be using most of the travel now.


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