New superlight version of the charger damper: The bladder is the spring. Bringing back elastomers!!
what's coming from rock shox...
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17.5mm
i actually lol'd
yeah im psyched on this thing actually...would wonder if it can be enduro'd?
i kinda am too. lately most of the new real technology (aside from dampers) has been coming from DH and longer travel forks.
I wonder if this is a case where the design and concept were just a head of their time (referring to USD forks in general), and the technology to make it feasible has finally caught up.
I say RS bought Foes and they decided 30'' was the way to go.
30 inches? That's a big hub!
proprietary oil and proprietary shimz too
ftfy...
it's an air fork that only works with flatulence
ooh, peeneumatic damping
no, it's assmatic damping
A fork where you set gas first?
when in doubt gas out
coulda swornt that RST used an "air damping" system on their old mcu/coil spring stacks. noice.
the old cane creek coud 9 is the only actual air damped shock or fork i can think of.
There was also the Englund Total Air cartridge
"that i can think of"
my mind is currently distracted by the theoretical sounds that a sram built fart fork would make
my mind is currently distracted by the theoretical sounds that a sram built fart fork would make
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That's the best thing I've seen all day...next to Duke losing!
I had an RST Delta HL back in the day, that had coil springs and air damping. I tried to modify the fork to oil damping with bad results
http://www.rst-europe.com/brochure/2000/b-del-hl.htm
Also the old Noleen forks had air springs and air damping if my memory serves me right.
You sir win the internet today
I almost wish RS would have held their ground on the 20mm thing.
From most of what I have read, the newer generation lowers and crowns are stiffer rendered in 15mm than almost all of the 20mm options.
Just food for thought...I don't know if its true.
Just food for thought...I don't know if its true.
Because they focus more on 15mm than 20mm. That's the only reason it could be stiffer.
Full photo is now out, but I can't show it to anyone............. cause I'm using my phone
Precisely, they're stiffer as a result of better engineering, not a smaller axle. Slap a 20mm axle on one of the newer/stiffer/better fork castins and you could enduro 33% harder, get on the Foes 30mm standard and you could enduro even harder. Sadly I still have a 9mm QR on my trail bike, can't enduro for crap with that.
http://m.vitalmtb.com/product/feature/Sneak-Peek-Inverted-RockShox-RS-1-Fork,230
The absence of knob adjustments makes me wonder if it has wireless or electric remote adjusments...
The absence of knob adjustments makes me wonder if it has wireless or electric remote adjusments...
The fact that the bike in this pic has Hans Dampf tires on it makes me think it might be a little more than an XC fork. Not too many Shavers I know would run the HD's on their svelt XC sleds.
Looks like it's on the front of a Stumpjumper?
maybe the adjusters are on the bottom of the legs? um, stanchions?