Avalanche Downhill Racing

I have to admit, I was a little afraid to stop by the Avalanche booth today. You see, Craig and Eric were kind enough to send us out one of their DHF 8 forks for testing a few months back and I thought they may ask for it back. I'm still evaluating it... no really! As for what's new in the Avalanche booth, there's the DHF 8-Ti, a race version of their impressive DHF 8. The fork utilizes a single sided Ti spring and only one damper unit in the opposite leg. This saves over 2.4 pounds per fork for the weight conscious crowd, and the fork retails at the same $1895 US as the conventional DHF 8. Craig was kind enough to explain each part and its function and we'll be sure to include the sound bites in our DHF review next month.

They were also displaying Brooklyn's Team bike, an 8.5 inch travel version of their beautiful TMX link bike. We were afraid to ask MSRP, but rest assured quality comes with a steep price tag. Also new is a modified collar for the DHS line of rear shocks that permits use on the Big Hit line, 2002 Intense M1's and other bikes that had spring clearance issues. Ti springs will aslo be available in the coming months, at an estimated cost of $150-175US with weight savings of around
half a pound.