JY said...

I'm deciding between these two forks in about the same price range. The
Pilot is an air fork BTW. Any comments about which works better? I haven't
seen any reviews on the web or anything. Thanks.

I recently gained considerable experience in rebuilding the Duke XC and
I was quite unimpressed by the design of the internals. I would try one
of the cheaper Bombers instead. I think you can get an MX Comp for about
the same price as a Duke and the EXR is even cheaper. If you can scrape
together $350, try the Fox Vanilla 125R. I have a Vanilla 125RL and it
is a smooooothe operator right out of the box. It has no plastic parts
(that I can see), and bigger (read stiffer) stanchions than the
competition. I think it is a real bargain at $350.