DT Swiss reworks forks

T DT Swiss has significantly revised its fork range for the coming season. While completely new forks have been added to the range, existing models have been upgraded. DT Swiss is using several new technologies in the revised range.

The "Twin Shot" is a new damping system in which the oil in the compression and rebound stages is always pressed into the upper part of the stanchions, where it is better cooled by the airstream. As the oil used to heat up a lot, especially on long descents, the behavior of the fork changed from the beginning to the end of a descent. DT Swiss has achieved a more constant response with the new damping. Furthermore, "Twin Shot" has three riding modes: "Open" stands for unrestricted function, "Lockout" for blocking at every stage of the lowerable range and "Climb" allows the fork to be lowered to a certain point. However, the suspension continues to function within the remaining range. The damping adjustment levers are now also located at the top for ease of use.
The likewise new "ABS system" (Auto Balancing Spring) is a self-adjusting positive/negative air chamber balancer. Gone are the days when the positive and negative chambers had to be pumped separately. The air chamber valve is also easily accessible at the top.

Use of the new technologies
The XRC 100 and XRC 100 Race forks feature the newly developed "Twin Shot" damping system, while the XC series has to make do without these innovations. It is actually nothing more than the XRC series with the old damping system, i.e. without "Twin Shot" and "ABS".
The new technologies have also been partially adapted for the longer-travel forks. "ABS" is installed on all of them. "Twin Shot", on the other hand, is only used on the new XMM and the well-known XMC series. Also new to the range is the EXM series, which, like the revised EXC series, uses the familiar but improved "Launch Control". With this function, the rebound stage is closed so that the fork only rebounds up to a defined point after compression. If the adjustable release force, known as the "threshold", is then exceeded by a shock (pressure on the fork), "Launch Control" is deactivated and the fork operates normally again.

Higher stiffness values
With the newly developed "Torsion Box Bridge", DT Swiss works with an aluminum insert in the bridge of the magnesium dip tube unit. By reducing torsion during braking, the forks have a much finer response