A brand new Öhlins RXF36 M.3 mountain bike fork doubles down on Path, pairing optimized structure and far fewer choices to give attention to what did finest – absorb hits huge and small to take your all-mountain rides additional. Dialing again journey to a narrower window to go well with most fashionable path bikes, the newly refined fork guarantees boosted sensitivity, traction, and luxury for all of your trail-riding wants.
Öhlins RXF36 M.3 mountain bike fork narrows give attention to Path
Because it first debuted 9 years in the past, the 36mm stanchion RXF36 has actually been the one do-it-all Öhlins MTB fork. With 140-180mm journey choices, 2 wheel sizes, and 4 offset choices – you would discover it on the whole lot from quick journey path and even downcountry bikes all the best way as much as big-hitting enduro bikes. However now the Swedish racing suspension specialists have a totally full MTB line-up. The RXC34 cross-country fork, a RXF34 downcountry fork, the RXF38 enduro fork & the DH38 downhill fork.
So now, this newly up to date RXF36 M.3 can merely focus simply on path driving. , that center all-mountain zone the place most of us mountain bikers really trip!
What’s new?
On the surface, we are able to see that the brand new Öhlins RXF36 M.3 fork will get an all-new set of lowers, inheriting the identical stepped design on the higher wipers and revised arch rib that debuted on the RXF34. Inside, Öhlins says the large improve is elevated bushing overlap with the shorter journey design, which guarantees diminished inside chassis friction for improved sensitivity.
The opposite huge updates are actually simply fewer choices and fewer top-end journey general.
I counted 15 variations of the outdated RXF36 M.2, whereas the brand new RXF36 M.3 pares that again to only 5.
What’s gone are the longest journey variations that basically fall into RXF38 territory anyway, and likewise the a number of 27.5 journey & offset choices.
The brand new Öhlins RXF36 M.3 fork focuses totally on fashionable path 29ers, so that you get customary 44mm offset and 140, 150 & 150mm journey choices. Some larger journey 29ers need extra offset, so there’s additionally a 29″ 160mm fork with 51mm offset. Plus, there’s a 27.5 fork with 170mm of journey and 38mm offset.
I anticipated with the refined lowers shaping and diminished journey, the brand new fork could be lighter. However Öhlins quotes the brand new RXF36 M.3 with a weight of 2050g, the very same as the first and 2nd generations.
Tech particulars
Inside, the brand new RXF36 M.3 sticks with Öhlins’ confirmed TTX18 damper cartridge and unbiased air spring for “light-weight and extremely progressive” efficiency. That’s the identical tech as 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup DH champion Loic Bruni’s DH38 Race fork.
Plus, the TTX18 adjustment vary has apparently been tweaked a bit, “particularly designed for robust trails”. It in actual fact, now has 1 further low-speed compression and 1 further rebound damping click on for extra path adjustability. And the air spring has once more been retuned for optimum path efficiency in its new 140-160mm journey vary.
36mm stanchions
140-160mm 29″ fork journey (plus 170mm for 27.5″)
38mm (27.5), 44mm (29) & 51mm (29) offset
diminished chassis friction due to larger inside bushing overlap
TTX 18 closed damper cartridge: 16 clicks of LSC, 3 clicks of HSC, 16 clicks of Rebound
unbiased, retuned air spring cartridge (upgradable to coil)
floating 15x110mm Enhance thru-axle for minimal friction
eMTB-approved
2050g claimed weight (with bolts & thru-axle)
Öhlins RXF36 M.3 fork – Pricing & availability
“The RXF36 platform has developed since its introduction in 2016, and since it’s really easy to tune, it served as our do-it-all fork for a very long time—starting from short-travel path bikes to long-travel enduro rigs. As our product line has continued to develop, it was time to offer the RXF36 a brand new chassis, making it a delicate and predictable path weapon positioned between the RXF34 and the RXF38.”
– Thomas Westfeldt, Öhlins Racing: Senior Supervisor of Product Administration MTB/AUTO/MC
The utterly revamped RXF36 M.3 path bike fork retails for 1500€. That’s kind of the identical as what the earlier era offered for formally, though you may doubtless discover M.2 forks for a pair hundred bucks much less lately.
The brand new fork is now obtainable globally via native Öhlins retailers. And you can too already discover it on just a few manufacturing bikes, like this revamped YT Izzo Core 3 that additionally simply dropped in at the moment.
Ohlins.com/Mountain-Bike
