As I always say, you get what you pay for. It couldn't be truer with this fork. Yes, this is expensive, however I've had the Fox TALAS RLC forx for over four years and I haven't had a problem. I've put on thousands of miles in the desert and in the mountains, and it still works like the day I bought it. The FOX TALAS RLC is the deluxe version of the TALAS series. TALAS means Travel Adjust Linear Air Spring. You can adjust the travel of the fork on the fly while you are riding with a few turns of a knob. The travel adjust between 100 and 140mm.