Trust Performance Message Boost Fork

The Message Boost Fork from Trust Performance doesn't look like any other suspension fork you've seen before. That's because it's designed to ride like no other fork you've ridden before. It's not just different for difference's sake though, it's truly designed to improve your ride. Truth be told, telescoping technology has reached its zenith and if suspension gains were to be made to the front end of the bike, a linkage fork design is necessary. Sure, linkage forks are nothing new, we've seen them on the front of motorcycles before and even some mountain bike designs have dabbled with some linkage forks over the decades. Those of us who have been in the sport for a while might have memories of forks harkening back to those of AMP Research and Pro-Flex. Those mountain bike designs never carried on for more than a few seasons, but the Message has already had an indelible impact on the future of suspension forks that we think will shape the industry going forward. That's a big claim, and we'd typically shy away from such sweeping generalizations for new products, but we're confident in the Message for multiple reasons. For one, technology has certainly advanced since those early forks and air springs and dampers are in a completely different league compared to the elastomers and coil springs and the primitive damping from back in the day. Materials have evolved, too, and what were once noodly, heavy units have been replaced with carbon fiber, dropping some serious grams while elevating stiffness. Lastly, Trust Performance consists of a crew that's the mountain bike equivalent of a Super Group band that's created quite the buzz in the industry. Trust's Technical Director and Founder is no other than Dave Weagle, who has designed and patented some of the most lauded suspension platforms on the market including DW-Link, Split-Pivot, and DELTA. His understanding of suspension kinematics is peerless, and applying his expertise towards the front of the bike is certainl...