What I remember hearing about this was that Push was setting up Peaty and Rennie's shocks (a dhx 3) to each individual track. Hence no need for adjustments.
2008 Iron Horse Sunday pics
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pritty nice...but was expecting better...;-(
i want gold rims
Im diggen The Gold!
They should make the sunday with gold parts.
They should make the sunday with gold parts.
Other teams were doing it to........some British teams and i think MSC, but they weren't PUSHED 3.0......i have the article at home, may try to find it tonight.
what boxxer is that white one. i want!
Think about why the shock has so many adjustments - it's so one shock can, without having to be revalved, work for a great number of differing suspension designs, along with making adjustments for weight and riding style/ terrain. Now, if the shock is valved for that frame, then the number of external adjustments necesary to make it work for that frame goes down some.
I had a 5th coil 3 way that came with my 7 Point. I played around with a 5 way for awhile (off another 7 point) and didn't feel a need for the extra adjustments. But maybe you're all shock experts and spent most of your race weekends making adjustments to get that last .01% out of your shock, I dunno...
I had a 5th coil 3 way that came with my 7 Point. I played around with a 5 way for awhile (off another 7 point) and didn't feel a need for the extra adjustments. But maybe you're all shock experts and spent most of your race weekends making adjustments to get that last .01% out of your shock, I dunno...
Looks like a Team with white lowers - IH have had that on other bikes before.
Wow, that sucks they're only making one 7Point this year. The build looks kinda middle-of-the-road. Can't totally tell from the pic, but it looks like X7 rear dérailleur, and maybe hussefelt bar and stem?? I was thinking about buying another 7Point this year to replace my '06 7Point7, but now I'm not sure.
now if only Ska Todd had been able to source some gold LX parts from a couple years ago, *that* would've been cool...
only reason i thought so was because i heard ALL frames are being made in taiwan, which would be cheaper than if they were US made for sure.
that is a sunday with gold parts. . . .
is that a medium or small frame? it looks small to me for some reason
I'm not surprised. They didn't have many 7Point7's this year. Plus it seems like the 6Points are selling better any way.
Maybe you can get an 08 7Point frameset next year. I went from an 05 to an 07 and really enjoy the lighter weight and nicer shock mounts.
Maybe you can get an 08 7Point frameset next year. I went from an 05 to an 07 and really enjoy the lighter weight and nicer shock mounts.
Isn't that a 6 point? It has the straight top tube. Is that a 55 or a 66?Wow, that sucks they're only making one 7Point this year. The build looks kinda middle-of-the-road. Can't totally tell from the pic, but it looks like X7 rear dérailleur, and maybe hussefelt bar and stem?? I was thinking about buying another 7Point this year to replace my '06 7Point7, but now I'm not sure.
Pretty sure it says 7point on the top tube, but I could be wrong, it also said this was a 7point on the original forum the pic was taken from.
The price of 9,999 for the world cup on that other forum is that american dollars...
Nope, that's a NZ forum.
itll be around 6`k
My bad, sorry didn't recognise it with the different top tube. Have to say it looks a lot better this year, very nice! I thought there would of been a top of the line 7 point specced with Totems and other SRAM goodies?
The reason I recall is that a lot of the riders prefer the feel of old style simpler shocks. They get them custom shimmed and tuned rather than relying on the myriad of settings that a 5.0 has. That said, I love my DHX5.0 would rather have it than a 3.0.
Also having ridden a DHXAir3.0, I was blown away by how nice it felt so I would be confident the stock 3.0 on that Sunday would still feel pretty damn good.
I guess that they are using dhx 3 over dhx 5 since it is natural to say, if it's simplier, it is more unlikely to run down of blow up, that said I really don't know it that's the case, but think of it this way, you can get your 3, have it pushed or valved, and it would have a total cost of around a 5, but in return would never need to be ajusted, would most likely live longer, and with less dials weigh less heheh, see where I'm going?
Sundays are for tools. weak.
Or else they are just using a dhx 3.0 because its not the top of the line sunday... :huh:
They get the DHX 3 custom shimmed. Basically all those adjustments you can make outside and then just leave, they get done inside. Less to go wrong.
Sundays are for tools named T-pirate who broke their collarbone riding one and lost out on a month of primo trails in Brevard and Pisgah.
Fixed it
i must get the new world cup IT HAS FLIPPIN TITANIUM HARDWARE ON THE STEM!!!!!!
nothing new there, it came with mallets and 50/50's in '07 as well
so when will these babies be hittin' the shops, i want to buy one for real
bizutch you do have a very good point there. ohh tp ill be in town labor day i might have to hit you up for some good ole fun.
he better win now or itll be pretty embarrassing
so which one are you getting eren?
haha! i want a 6 point but dont need it so i wont get it, but io may pick up a new frameset. sunday, socom, or m6
seems a bit weird seing both Marzocchi and Rock Shox spec on one bike
Please note that the pros dont need the adjustments of the 5.0 since they get their shocks custom tuned anyway. Most have a few different shocks tuned differently for various conditions. They use the 3.0 chasis because theres no need for the 5.0 chasis. So when you see the pros running DHX 3.0 its not an off the shelf item.Gonna need some proof to back that up..
Its a bit pity that the white sunday doesnt have the extra adjustments which i think are useful for the weekend racer
The DHX 3.0s that come with the Sunday aren't off the shelf items either, they're already tuned to match the suspension design.
I wish DW and the Fox mechanics would get together and come up with a difinitive answer on this once and for all. My latest encounter was at Mt. Snow and the Fox Tech said (no, no, no, no. The Sunday does not need a low comp. tune. All the pros here are running stock DHX shocks). It's been, and getting even more annoying as I see the RS Vivid comes with that elusive tune as well.The DHX 3.0s that come with the Sunday aren't off the shelf items either, they're already tuned to match the suspension design.