[supros88]

Hi, I was looking on here about a month ago & found a thread that said that by removing a spacer in the shock the travel can be incresed, I have been looking for this thread ever since but can't seem to find it, so hence the post. I find it hard to beleve because I have never heared of anything like this before, so if someone could inform me it would be greatly appreshated.

Thanks for your time..........

 

[Supa8]

The plastic travel spacer is clipped to the shock shaft. Unclip it and you have 7.7" of travel. Inclag and I have Demo 7's and he tested w/o a spring for clearence at bottom out and it was fine.

 

[supros88]

Thanks for the help, can the same be done with the demo8?
How do the short chainstays feel?

Thanks

 

[_*sTiTcHeS*_]

what is this clip on there in the first place?

 

[Monkeybidnezz]

Just the 7 had the retainer from my understanding. My guess is that they wanted to be able to differenciate the 7 and the 8 like all of the previous Demos with the travel.

 

[_*sTiTcHeS*_]

does anyone have a pic of this peice? i cant understand why specialized wouldn't just design the frame around a smaller shock to get less travle.

 

[davep]

does anyone have a pic of this peice? i cant understand why specialized wouldn't just design the frame around a smaller shock to get less travle.

demo7 and 8 are the same frame..look at the frame measurements on the spec site.

 

[KnightChild]

Demo8 frames have a 1 1/8" headtube, the demo7 has a 1.5".

 

[davep]

Demo8 frames have a 1 1/8" headtube, the demo7 has a 1.5".

sorry I was too lazy/did not care enough, to type a more explicit answer..they do have different head tubes and most likely a different shock shuttle.....but none of those items require a re-design, or re-engineering of the bike, like two truely different frames would.

Relative angles are the same, front lengths are the same, rear lengths are the same...they are close enough that they are most likely made on the same jig with 99% of the same parts, by the same people, without any addidional training..saves Spec money, on an already quite expensive (when compared to other overseas vs. domestic frame prices) frame.

 

[KnightChild]

You seem to be correct.

 

[supros88]

So can anyone confirm wether or not the travel on the Demo 8 can be incresed the same as it can on the demo 7?

 

[Inclag]

So can anyone confirm wether or not the travel on the Demo 8 can be incresed the same as it can on the demo 7?

It can not.

 

[Supa8]

The 07 Demo 7 has a slacker head angle than the 06 Demo 8. With a 1.5" HT it gives options on how you want to use the bike.

 

[denjen]

What is the size and stroke of the demo 7 shock without the spacer? I have a buddy looking for a new bike. The demo 7 1 might be in his price range if you can bump the travel up to almost 8"

 

[Monkeybidnezz]

Fox DHX 5.0 coil 8.5x2.375", adjustable rebound, ProPedal, bottom

This is before you take out the spacer...

 

[_*sTiTcHeS*_]

isn't the demo 7 a pound heavier than the demo 8 frame? where does the weight come from?

 

[retrofred]

the demo 7 also has a shorter shock length at 8.5 eye to eye and the demo 8 has a shock length of 8.75. the geo is also a bit different in that the demo 7 is slightly steeper then demo 8. but the travel can be increased on the demo 7 from 7" to 7.7"

 

[phycoref]

This is from 2007...

 

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