RockShox Lyrik Ultimate
I’ve been lucky enough to ride quite a few top-end forks over the past year or so from a lot of big brands – Fox, MRP, RockShox and X-Fusion to name a few. Bar a couple of exceptions they’ve all been good, but for me there’s one that has always stood out and that I’ve always just ‘got on’ with – the RockShox Lyrik, and in particular the new Lyrik Ultimate.
For me, a good fork can basically make or break or ride. It’s the difference between the best ride ever and a couple of hours of terrifying frustration. It’s the first thing that gets smashed into rocks and roots and ensures that you get around that near vertical tyre width rut of a turn. Having a good fork, one that you can trust and have faith that it will do its job and deliver the goods rather than being a noodly bendy one that wants to give up its travel and help fund your dentist’s next Yeti, makes all the difference.