[Closed] Ohlins curious

Air or coil?

Air front and back

Ah Ok, I've got coil on both ends of a Spesh. Enduro. Of the things that are common to both forks (AFAIK) reliability is very good, I've done a lower leg service a few times (I'm not overly consistent) and each time they've been spotless and in good nick, I've never had to do anything other than wipe them down, replace the wipers re-fill and they're good to go again. The chassis is more than stiff enough, the lower legs can get scratched pretty quickly and the black paint shows up all the marks so invest in a sharpie 🙂 The damping (with I think is the same for coil and air) is really heavy, I'm 75kg all up in riding gear and I run mine more or less fully open, really just a few clicks of rebound and a few clicks of LSC and just a wee bit of preload to stop the coil rattling. I might put a bit more LSC on if I'm doing steep stuff all day to give a bit more mid support, but mostly I just leave it alone. Occasionally I flick the HSC compression on for a really long climb

It has a really simple axle set up with is nice and fast.... annnndddd I've run out of things to say about it.

In summary It's an easy to live with fork, the damping's a bit heavy.

The coil shock is amazballs, but you won't be interested in that.

Thank you! Had read that about the damping. We’ll see how it goes. Might get them tweaked when they’re first serviced.

Glad to hear they’re easy to live with then.

Occasionally I flick the HSC compression on for a really long climb

Related question (to anybody): Why do Ohlins use HSC for their climb switch when AFAIK all other brands use LSC?

I have coil 1x front and 2x rear. All have been consistent and reliable. Well damped for a larger man and lots of control.

Why do Ohlins use HSC for their climb switch when AFAIK all other brands use LSC?

Honestly, I don't know. The HSC control has 5 clicks and only the last one is the climb mode. I guess just the way they routed the compression circuit presumably?

I've just fitted a new-to-me TTX coil, it has three HSC positions - grippy, really grippy and climb.

I not sure I can feel a pronounced platform like on some other shocks, but I've only done 2hrs in the dark and wet so far.

My lad had one on his Sworks and absolutely LOVED it... Sadly it had a few issues and was consigned to the bin by Sprung suspension, which was a shame as it was a brilliant shock.

We have had the air ones, front and rear, on a few bikes and they are as good as it gets once set up right.
They need to be serviced on a regular basis in line with what they recommend, preferably by someone who knows how to do it properly.
We used Andreani and Plush to service ours

Am I the only person who read this thread as Onions curious?

I bought a 'nearly new' set of rfx34, sent them off for service at TFTuned straight away and was told the stanchion coating had worn through and the forks were done for. Who knows how much use they had before I got them but the seller seemed an honest chap, refunded.TF offered a replacement set at discount which was very kind of them, but they also indicated that the fork coating was rather fragile and keeping up with the service intervals was critical.

I have ttx coil and air rear shocks. Superb shocks

but they also indicated that the fork coating was rather fragile and keeping up with the service intervals was critical.

Yeah, I've heard this, IME, it's not the case, I strip mine down exactly* on the service interval, and TBH even the oil is clean, mine are cleaned after every ride though and the mudguard stays on regardless.

* by exactly I mean; never

Hi from Sweden, home of Öhlins. The ttx coil is fantastic. I have one and wouldn't really have anything else. I dont know about the air shocks, but lots of friends (many have Öhlins, supporting swedish products etc) have had reliability issues with the forks. They need to be regularly serviced that's for sure .

Apparently the 38 and the DH fork are so so good. My impression is that they had teething problems with MTB products over the last few years after entering the market relatively recently. They have now got over that bump and are making very very good products.

Do they need a strip down when they arrive. I know fox and rock shox often come with little oil in the lowers.

Servicing a brand new fork/shock?! haha

I have the RXF36 m.2 air fork and TTX coil shock. As others have said, the standard damping can be a bit on the firm side although I think they have gone for a lighter tune on the newer models. I had both of mine retuned a bit lighter at the first annual service which I found helped a lot. I do find though that the coil shock seems to outperform the air fork sometimes so I think I will be trying a coil cartridge in the fork sometime soon.