Who Wants to Win a Helm Coil 27.5 Fork?
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Sensitivity | Reactiveness | Consistency
Viva la revolution! The coil revolution that is. Cane Creek USA has always focused on making cycling components that we believe in and want to ride. We also value giving riders the freedom to set their bike up how they want to, and offering a coil-sprung option 27.5 Helm fork 27.5 chassis continues to provide that level of freedom.
To celebrate this coil-sprung revolution, Cane Creek Cycling Components is officially changing its name to Coil Creek*
*Just for the month of November, though
Set it, forget it, and send it! The consistency of the coil-sprung Helm is two-fold.
On the trail, the advantages are clear thanks to the natural tendency of a steel coil. The fork is completely unaffected by changes in altitude or temperature, meaning there is no need to tweak settings between enduro stages or during all-day epics. The Helm Coil 27.5 has the staying power to 'keep its head up' through the gnarly stuff, bringing unprecedented amounts of traction up front.
And with no counter effect of a negative air spring, the Helm Coil 27.5 simply relies on damping force alone to control rebound speed.
On the trail, the advantages are clear thanks to the natural tendency of a steel coil. The fork is completely unaffected by changes in altitude or temperature, meaning there is no need to tweak settings between enduro stages or during all-day epics. The Helm Coil 27.5 has the staying power to 'keep its head up' through the gnarly stuff, bringing unprecedented amounts of traction up front.
And with no counter effect of a negative air spring, the Helm Coil 27.5 simply relies on damping force alone to control rebound speed.
Helm Coil 27.5 Details
• Intended use: trail / all-mountain / enduro
• Wheel size: 27.5''
• Coil-tuned mono-tube damper
• Adjustments: low- and high-speed comp, low-speed rebound
• Stanchions: 35mm
• Travel: 130mm - 160mm
• Steerer: tapered only
• Axle: 'D-Loc' 15mm QR Boost thru-axle
• Color: silver
• Weight: 2,335 grams
• MSRP: $1,100 USD
• Intended use: trail / all-mountain / enduro
• Wheel size: 27.5''
• Coil-tuned mono-tube damper
• Adjustments: low- and high-speed comp, low-speed rebound
• Stanchions: 35mm
• Travel: 130mm - 160mm
• Steerer: tapered only
• Axle: 'D-Loc' 15mm QR Boost thru-axle
• Color: silver
• Weight: 2,335 grams
• MSRP: $1,100 USD
Off the trail, the initial setup process is another bonus. The set-and-forget design includes selecting your preferred spring rate from three options, setting sag, and adjusting the mono-tube damper... and that’s all there is to it.
Bike shops and garage mechanics rejoice - just like the Helm Air, adjusting the travel of the Helm Coil 27.5 is a relatively simple job that requires only three wrenches (13mm, 17mm, 22mm) and ten minutes of your time. To get it done, you simply drop the lowers and reposition the glide ring to the desired travel. And since the Helm Coil 27.5 is travel-adjustable in 10mm increments, from 160mm down to 130mm, local bike shops only have to stock one fork to cover a wide range of riders and bikes. When the time does come, the recommended damper service interval is 100 hours, and a splash oil change / lower service is on the schedule after 50 hours of use.
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With an off-the-top supple feel, supportive mid-stroke, and unmatched consistency, the new Helm Coil 27.5 fork takes on-trail control to a whole new level. Below, you can see how the coil-sprung Helm compares to its air-sprung brother.
160mm-travel Helm Coil: 55 in/lbs spring VS Helm Air: 78 psi, 0 volume adj.
160mm-travel Helm Coil: 55 in/lbs spring VS Helm Air: 78 psi, 1volume adj.
160mm-travel Helm Coil: 55 in/lbs spring VS Helm Air: 78 psi, 2 volume adj.
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The coil-sprung revolution has begun, and we've decided to give a new Helm Coil 27.5 away to one lucky rider! Simply head over to CaneCreek.com and follow the instructions to enter. The winner will be chosen on December 1st at 3 pm EST on Facebook Live.
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Also curious why these spring conversions or originals don't use progressive springs. I don't mean exclusively in lieu of a damper, but in concert.
Progressive coil springs are actually not very viable. They weigh a ton, cost a lot, need to be far longer than you can fit in an SC fork, and it's hard to get any meaningful ramp out of them anyway. As an example, the progressively wound Race Only Springs say they have a 15% increase in spring rate from 70% onwards. That means you get 30% of the travel with a 15% increased spring rate (note RATE not force). If the initial spring rate is a 40lbs/in (same as a Fox 40) then bottoming it with a linear coil would take 8 x 40 = 320lbs/in, but with the 15% increase in rate starting from 70% travel it takes 334.4lbs to bottom. The difference in bottoming force is literally not even 5%.
Ha!
Can confirm. Myself and everyone I know that has/had a coil fork w/Ti springs have broken at least one of them.
Best fork on the market.
As for service, I highly doubt they will leave you hanging. MRP customer service is out of this world good. The fork is produced in Colorado, to boot.
So far this fork had the best whole travel support I ever saw. I could hit the big jumps and not even get near the end. Still more support on small bumps like roots and medium-sized stuff. No pain in my hands. My fox 36 float was bad without tokens and even with it is no comparison to my 180mm Selva EX
Also this fork, if you must climb is stiff as f*ck. Nothing gets near a ridged forks like this one...
Last thing, it looks super nice because of the unique hexagonal shaped tubes.
Maybe I had bad luck with the fox yeah because I Iove their air shocks. But for me the Selva is cheaper to maintain then the float 36. Maybe I also have better access to the formula service becsuse of Germany.
I can not really compare the lyric to the Selva because I had only two days with the lyric however I was disappointed again how much the RS product dive when you must climb or Sprint.
I know some light weight rider's(bellow 60kg) who could not use most RS pike, lyric , etc. without a total overhaul from some pro mechanics. According to them the selva works without that just fine.
I never heard of people killing forks like that ,sounds impossible to me. Only a dude who crashes a lot and got bad luck then.
Fox says to me at the time If you want your 36 work properlly in the downhills you have to convert them to a Van (with coil ).
Now coils are back in town .So mutch markting and lies and so many sheeps with big donkey ears following the stream.
I click on it, and my comment has been deleted from this page ???
So I'll say it again - My DB Air CS, My DB Coil CS and my HELM Air have all worked flawlessly.
I think Cane Creek has outstanding products . .
THERE, I SAID IT AGAIN
What I like about coil is longer service intervals and the fact that it doesn’t screw with my head like air does. I pick a spring and I live with it. Air? Should I add a but more and reduce compression? Or the other way around? It took me a month to find a sweet spot on my Lyrik. I just don’t appreciate the paranoia of wanting to carry shock pump with me. Also, if you experience higher temperature differences during the day, it will mess with your setup. So all in all I won’t cry over being able to afford a Lyrik Solo air instead of RXF Coil.
@mhoshal - air was a fab in the first place and is to this day. The very fact how many pros install coils in their “air forks” speaks for it. Lots of Enduro guys change for coil for reliability, consistency reasons. Air suspension was pushed into dh/am due to sales point of weight savings not performance. Yeah some frames are too linear or regressive and benefit from an air shock, but that’s a flawed frame design in the first place. Well some people ride in big mountains on 1-ply tyres and enjoy it. Why not install a 250g air shock on a 160 frame then?
It is set to change though. More people seem to appreciate coil sprung suspension nowadays so that will allow fork manufacturers to charge for what it is worth. Not that Cane Creek is at the forefront of anything, which is what they seem to imply. If anything, Marzocchi and Fox kept at it. Cane Creek just jumps on the bandwagon now that the audience has proven to appreciate a high quality coil sprung fork.
And loving my DBCoil IL... supreme coil performance and I can run a bottle on my bike.
you do know that most of the components are manufactured by the same company right? Fox, Rock Shox, etc etc. Damper parts, air spring parts, stanchions, lowers etc...all come out of the same factory in Taiwan.
They share the same manufacturer. Manufacturer makes whatever they want to their spec. Assembly varies from company to company. Rock Shox for example uses a type of Moly lube to press in their CSUs. Fox uses a type of wicking sleeve retainer and so on. Another example are the coil springs Ohlins is using in their RFX platform. Same springs Cane Creek uses for the Helm.