Following the same path because the longer journey Onyx did in 2023 by leaping to 38mm stanchions, the DVO Diamond is transferring to 36mm stanchions, up from 35mm, and switches to their SL Air Spring.
Conveniently, the brand new Diamond will get the Onyx’s prior lowers since that fork used to have 36mm sliders, however the remainder of its chassis and a few internals are new.
Beginning on the prime, it will get a brand new, lighter crown. Inside, it will get the brand new SL Air Spring with self-equalizing chamber. DVO’s prior OTT (Off The High) allowed for impartial adjustment of the optimistic and unfavorable chambers, however until you actually spent the time to fiddle with it, they discovered many customers weren’t taking full benefit of that system.
The SL Air Spring makes use of a easy switch port to routinely fill each optimistic and unfavorable chambers concurrently and equally, similar to most different air forks in the marketplace. You lose a little bit of the customization alternative, but it surely drops as much as 150g, too.
This transfer additionally begins to simplify their fork journey hierarchy. The Onyx could have 160-180mm journey, internally adjustable in 10mm increments. The Diamond does the identical, however with 140-160mm journey (so, no extra 170mm choice). We’re betting the Sapphire will solely be 120-140mm, quickly.
This lets them optimize the stanchion size for a given class reasonably than have to hold additional weight for longer stanchions simply to accommodate a better journey vary.
Search for this new DVO Diamond to hit the market slightly later this yr. Weight is TBA, we’ll replace after we get remaining specs.
