Hi Brant, it’s DT from Jungle here… We’ve just got some 2001 Judy SLs in and wondered if you’d like a set to test. Only trouble is you’ll have to have them on the front of John King’s Santa Cruz Superlight. You in tommorow? Dickon will bring it round. Call us back.”

Well, what can you say, other than… OK!

Seen here are one of the first pairs of Judy SLs in the country, courtesy of, like the man said, UK Santa Cruz importers Jungle.

Just been out and back on them, and they’re very impressive. Lots of movement, very low stiction, and they track superbly. Damping is excellent, and very fluid, but extremely responsive to high and low speed hits with no spiking or unwanted high speed rebound. A great fork. And they’re only two hundred and fourty quid. More later…