Cane Creek Helm MKII Air 29"/27.5"+ Boost rake 44 mm fork

Looking to blend into the forest?  The new MKII earth-toned fork with color-shifting decals is the perfect addition to any custom bike build.

The Helm MKII includes a newly designed damper featuring a new compression and mid-valve circuit for increased support and control while a new SKF oil seal head and 2.5 weight damper oil reduce friction and provide a more supple ride-feel. Tuning your suspension starts with dialing in your spring.  The independent positive and negative air chambers – along with the self contained indexed volume adjustment system allow all Helm air forks to be set up for any rider and any style. The Helm MKII air spring has a redesigned air piston which increases air volumes and reduces friction, greatly improving traction and suppleness on trail.   The threadless seal head and manual negative air charge button designs allow for easy travel setting adjustments and the ability to properly set up riders of all different sizes and abilities.

Hand-built in North Carolina
Every single Helm fork is designed, built, inspected, tested and packed by a dedicated team of suspension professionals at facility in Fletcher, North Carolina. Cane Creek's suspension team’s attention to detail is illustrated in three step Dyno testing, ensuring that hand built products reach high standards of precision and performance. This process includes: Individual Damper Assemblies compression and rebound verification; Helm Chassis validation of the spring and damper; final hand dyno to ensure quality and supple feel.

Updated damper
The HELM’s Damper is the control center of the fork – highly sensitive check springs, valves and shims control the flow of oil with every compression and rebound as you ride down the trail. Cane Creek’s Development Team equips the MKII with new compression and mid valve circuits to maintain control during heavy braking and square edge scenarios. A redesigned SKF Oil Seal Head and Motorex damper oil work together to protect the internal damper components while simultaneously reducing friction.

Features

• Limited Edition.
• Color-shifting decals.
• Completely updated and improved.
• Indexed Air Volume Adjustment (No tokens).
• 30psi Minimum Operating Pressure.
• Tunable Negative Air Spring.
• Internally Travel Adjustable.
• New SKF low friction oil seal head cartridge.
• High performance Motorex oil.

Technical specifications

• Adjustments: high speed compression (10 position), low speed compression (17 position), low speed rebound (10 position), independent positive air spring, independent negative air spring, indexed travel adjust system (8 position).
• Spring: Double-Air springs system. High volume positive and negative air springs.
• Stanchion diameter: 35 mm.
• Minimum brake rotor size: 180 mm (if you are using a Hope Tech brake on a Helm fork, you will need to use a 200 mm rotor with appropriate adapter).
• Travel: optimized for 130-160 mm of travel.
• Travel adjustment: internal, 10 mm increments (160 mm down to 130 mm).
• Axle: "D-Loc" 15 mm bolt-on thru axle, 15 mm x 110 boost spacing.
• Max tire size: 64 mm wide by 749 mm tall (29), 75 mm wide by 739 mm tall (27.5+).

Included

• 1x bolt-on Helm Fender.