Clunking sound over small to large bumps on a curvy

Mountain bike forks are still incredibly basic

think again. some of the forks i have taken apart are incredibly complex. ty taking apart some forks which have rebound, dampening, lock out and compression adjustment. huge amounts of development goes into some forks. im not talking about a standard set of 100 quid forks. im on about forks costing 300+. some of the more advanced mtorcycle designs have came from mountian bikes. take the bmw air shock for example. they have been on mountianbikes for a good 10 years.

any how, you dont have the other adjustment on the standard forks to accompany for the extra dampening propertyies. im testing with some very small holes i have drilled on an extra pair of rods i have.

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I'm thinking compared to cartridge forks here- as damper rod forks go they're incredibly evolved, but they do still tend to be damper or at most damper-with-bypass (sort of like cartridge emulators). I think there's some cartridge forks out there now, from listening to my MTB-type friends talk (endlessly!) about their bikes

Air shocks aren't developing for bikes out of MTBs, they were originally developed for cars and were (still are) widely used in dirt bikes before they started appearing on MTBs etc. it's just that till now they've not been viable compared to hydraulic suspension for motor bikes.