I work at a suspension shop and i needed to rebuild my rear shock for my Foes Dhs Mono so i decided to put a bladder rezy with a High speed and Low speed compression adjuster on it. Here are some pictures to show how the shock came out.
Custom Curnutt Remote Rezy Shock
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Looks good. I don't know how much I like the remote reservoir shocks though. Is it just a fit thing?
Ya it is mostly used where there is no room for a piggy back. Or in my case where i took a mono tube shock and added a rezy on it
Looks good man. When does racing start for you? Any time estimate on when you are getting your Primer? =]
Very cool but I bet Brent woudn't like it. You'll have to let me try it out.
Nice avy res. 
Hows it workin for you.
Hows it workin for you.
It has been working good. I have not gotten to really ride it yet and set it up but that is what next sunday if for. And yes it is a Avy rezy that the place i work buys from craig because he helps us with engineering stuff and double checking drawing.
once again, re-affirming what an awesome guy Craig is.
Curious what your reasoning was for adding the reservoir. You obviously get more fluid in the system but were you getting some heat fading in performance from the stock shock?
More compression/ramp up adjustability?
Looks like you did a good job though. Report back once you get some ride time.
More compression/ramp up adjustability?
Looks like you did a good job though. Report back once you get some ride time.
Overall bike is nice... I've always liked that frame design. I used to want a DHS Tube back in the day.
Wait, aren't you that tiny redheaded kid at Plattekill on the old Tomac who's 12 years old?
I was just about the say the same thing. Why didn't you just get rid of the shock and get an Avy? I guess I don't get how you're suppose to work with a SPV style shock, but trying to mutate it into a full on Avy counterpart.
Those curnutts have an air valve don't they? I like the idea, you'll have to let everyone know how it works.
Adding the resy, moves oil across the hi/lo adjuster, which adds 2 speed sensitive adjustments to the 2 position sensitive adjustments provided by the pneumatic (SPV/ CV/t) valve. The Curnut being a mono tube shock lacks a compression adjuster provided by a standard piggy back set up like the manitou or 5th.
TR- did you think about the bladder air volume? This will make a huge difference in the shape of the damping curve. IE: ramping vs linear
Very cool mod!!
TR- did you think about the bladder air volume? This will make a huge difference in the shape of the damping curve. IE: ramping vs linear
Very cool mod!!
nice job!!!
it'd be interesting if that were possible to do with a Romic or something
dont they have the same diameter shock bodies?
not like i would be able to afford it or anything, but one could find a very cheap Romic with the already nice Reactor valve/piston setup and then add this! now IMO that would be AWESOME!
great, just something else for me to drool over
it'd be interesting if that were possible to do with a Romic or something
dont they have the same diameter shock bodies?not like i would be able to afford it or anything, but one could find a very cheap Romic with the already nice Reactor valve/piston setup and then add this! now IMO that would be AWESOME!
great, just something else for me to drool over
I did this because right now i don't have the money for the Avy shock. The whole shock is now filled with oil and it has a bladder in the rezy. I got rid of the air volume adjuster that the red nob controls. I put it back on just for looks.
I Did think about how the air volume changes the damping curve. I can change this with the pressure i'm running in the bladder. Now i can also drop the spring wight from 350 to 320 to get a more active suspension.
No, I'm 15 and raced the ****ty old red Specialized
Changing the pressure will mainly only raise or lower the curve, the shape will be very similar. Changing the bladder volume will have a much larger effect on the curve shape. Just checking b/c pneumatic valved dampers don't work that well when they are too linear.