Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork Review

Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork Reviews

Review score: 8.6/10 – Updated May, 2024

Latest Price: £899.99 – Save 5% (RRP: £949.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork worthy of a review score of 8.6 out of 10.

Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork Review


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Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork features

Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork specs

Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork
Spec 1

Colour: Silver

Other Forks found with this Spec: 764

Spec 2

Wheel Size: 27.5″ (650b)

Other Forks found with this Spec: 188

Spec 3

Option: 160mm

Other Forks found with this Spec: 3

Spec 4

Steerer Diameter: 1.5″

Other Forks found with this Spec: 16

Spec 5

Fork Travel: 160mm

Other Forks found with this Spec: 16

Feature 1

Wheel Size: 27.5″

Other Forks found with this feature: 17

Feature 2

Steerer: 1 1/8″ – 1 1/2″ tapered

Other Forks found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Stanchion Diameter: 35mm

Other Forks found with this feature: 2

Feature 4

Wheel Spacing: 15x110mm BOOST spacing

Other Forks found with this feature: 2

Feature 5

Axle: “D-Loc” 15mm thru axle system. Unique to Helm

Other Forks found with this feature: 2

Feature 6

Travel: Positioned at 160mm from the factory, Optimized for 130-160mm of travel

Other Forks found with this feature: 1

Feature 7

Travel Adjustments: Internal, 10mm Increments (from 160mm down to 130mm)

Other Forks found with this feature: 1

Feature 8

Damper: High Speed Compression, Low Speed Compression, Low Speed Rebound

Other Forks found with this feature: 2

Feature 9

Weight: 2260g

Other Forks found with this feature: 1

Price

£899.99

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Forks. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Forks. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Forks. Brands like Cane Creek are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Forks category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Forks.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £899.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.3 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Forks

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Forks.

We found 168 in the Forks category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £481.31, making it above average at £899.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Forks. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £1899.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.16.

With 168 products available we worked out that 33 cost more than Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork and 134 were cheaper.

Cost of Cane Creek products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 38 products from Cane Creek, of which 2 were in the Forks category.

For now though we’re looking at Cane Creek branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £111.91 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Cane Creek product we found was £1.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £899.99.

Of the 38 from Cane Creek, 0 were more expensive than Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork and 37 were cheaper.

How much are Cane Creek Forks?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Cane Creek products that are listed in the Forks category.

The average price of the 2 products that match this search was £889.99, with the cheapest coming in at £879.99 and highest price was £899.99. With the average being £889.99, Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork comes in above average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork and 1 were cheaper.


Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.1 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Forks category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork or another similar product, like RockShox TwistLoc Remote reviews or MRP Ribbon Air 29″ Forks reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Forks.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Forks. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Cane Creek, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.6/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25010850859
  • Product ID 2: 638707UK
  • Brand: Cane Creek
  • Model number: BAG0442S
  • RRP: £949.99
  • EAN: 840226146027
  • Description: Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension ForkWith improved materials and manufacturing techniques, the benefits of coil forks are being rediscovered by enduro riders worldwide. Cane Creek’s Helm Coil Suspension Fork was born and developed in the wild mountains of  Western North Carolina and offers bags of adjustability, simple and reliable performance and a quick setup. Adjustable TravelOut of the box, the Helm coil is setup to offer 160mm of travel but without any extra parts required, you can adapt them internally to offer 130,140 or 150mm of travel. This is done by simply changing the spring perch on the travel-indexed compression rod. Also, as with the air model of the Helm, the Helm Coil’s damping can be individually tuned to suit your riding style and to perfectly suit the terrain. This means the perfect suspension setup is only a few clicks away.Features: ¬†Wheel Size: 27.5" ¬†Steerer: 1 1/8" – 1 1/2" tapered ¬†Stanchion Diameter: 35mm ¬†Wheel Spacing: 15x110mm BOOST spacing ¬†Axle: "D-Loc" 15mm thru axle system. Unique to Helm ¬†Travel: Positioned at 160mm from the factory, Optimized for 130-160mm of travel ¬†Travel Adjustments: Internal, 10mm Increments (from 160mm down to 130mm) ¬†Damper: High Speed Compression, Low Speed Compression, Low Speed Rebound ¬†Weight: 2260gTechnologies: ¬†D-Loc Axle Assembly:¬†Hard anodised aluminium cam lever closes against a self-lubricating brass clamp washer for axle function longevity. Fast and easy keyed entry axle and lock system. Eliminates unwanted rotational and torsional axle forcesBuy¬†Cane Creek Frames & Forks¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Frames & Forks > Forks
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 5%
  • Size: 160mm
  • Unisex
  • 50
  • Adult

Other options for Forks

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Forks. 168 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Cane Creek Helm Coil Suspension Fork included,
MRP Ribbon Coil 27.5″ Forks reviews, MRP Ribbon Coil 29″ Forks reviews, or we really liked the look of Manitou Fork Air Piston Seal reviews as another alternative.

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