Polymer or Metal shock bush - which is best?

wycombephil

Hi all

A little bit of research....

There are a lot of different types of shock bushes available now (DU, DP4, polymer etc etc) and I want to know which is best. I guess the only thing we care about is durability so my question is, in your experience, which type of bush lasts the longest?

Cheers

Phil

diy

You forgot needle roller bearings, which get my vote.

cavegiant

The interface is more imporant that the bush material to me.

Using TFtuned heavy duty kit reinforces the area so much I have gone from blowing the bushing every few months to...erm can't remember when I last swapped it!
tftuned kits are good.

roller bearing assuming a lot better, but also much more expensive. If you have the cash, roller, if you want most of the benefit for a fraction of the cost TF.

cavegiant

With a bit more thinking I am probably 2 years+ on the last bush, as it moved frames with me.