a guy who is semi sponsored by them or something like that says that they flex, but thats when your doing, say, 360s down stairs and stuff like that, more torsional flex than straight back/forth flex
Nearly.
we sell them online with the dartmoor frames. The guys who I've sold Velvets/Velours are some the best riders up and coming, they push HARD, very HARD and these forks have been taking a beating. In saying that they don't handle 30ft jumps to tankslap's as well as something designed for it should. If you're smooth and can keep it together then they will be a great choice. If you're abit dicey and learning to go big stepping up to the higher model would probably be better decision in terms of peace of mind.
I asked duncan from diymtb about the new 15mm ones and he seemed to think they're more xc oriented and would not be as well suited to dj/street or be strong enough like the current velours. He also said some time in the near future x-fusion should be releasing a dj/street specific fork.
pretty much exactly the same as the old ones with a few damping changes or something, i've ridden both and couldn't notice.
End of Nov/Dec from memory
The 2011 Velvet is available now in 9mm QR from diymtb. The 15mm Velvet is not out in the USA until January. I do not know how long that means for them to make it to Australia but Duncan at diymtb said around January, probably late January/early Feb.
