It's still going to be an option as far as I know. I'll look into it when I get back. On vaca this week. Went snow-biking in the Sierras.
I will go even further and say that I am pretty sure if you took the pictures from the pinkbike article, the vivid air shock, and the stock yoke to any machinist worth his salt he would be able to whip up something for fairly cheap.
wow, I didn't think of that. the one that keene (i think it was keene) was riding must have been custom. i wonder if this is something sram would do for you if you asked.
I haven't riddin it but have heard from people who have that it's 'okay'. Interesting that none of the Blackbox guys including Brendan or Sam choose to run the air shock.
Looking at cut aways of the air version it looks as if you could just turn the can while clamping down the eyelets, the metal piece with the small holes seems to be only a pressfit. So its three seperate pieces which can be turned independetly. Personally i am going to ask both RS and TF tuned and see what they say on how to do it.
Evil JN - We'd love to get your perspective on the cable routing. This is one of the toughest details to get right and make everyone happy.
There should be a little straddle clippy thing that snaps accross the cables underneath the shock link area. This is designed to keep the cables out of your tire. Is this missing on your rig perhaps?
dont get me wrong, i have nothing against spesh, but isnt making a link for a specialized frame, specialized's job, not rockshox. I also dont think that they should change their shock just to fit a single frame. That is just my opinion though, so take that for what it is. I still think that you guys should make a "universal" yoke that may alter the geo a tiny bit (maybe not favorable) bit with the extra Xmm in all directions, can get every shock to fit it. I would take a 10mm higher BB to get a ______ on there
Just like Elka I suppose......
Oh well not to worry. I'm sure people will recover from the disappointment. No doubt the bike works sufficiently with a coil shock...
i dont think he's talking about the yoke for the end of the shock.
Cane Creek has been a very active partner, and it would not suprise me to see a Demo specific shock from them
Dont get me wrong, idc how it happens, but isnt making the shock manufacturer comform to the individual frame kinda stupid? (after all, spesh started it) Do we need a shock for every frame, or a frame for every shock. IDK, i really dont, but i would think that it should be specialized's "problem" and not cane creek, imagine the burden (and problems) that would ensue if every manufacturer came up with a fancy yoke for 2012. Sure its spesh this year, and maybe it wont happen again, but now it seems that it "can" Id like to see the shock companies make spesh produce a new yoke. Why does there need to be multiple types of 1 shock?
I'm having dinner with the CC guys tonight, I'll ask!
its a conspiracy maaaaaaaan
From what I've read on Pinkbike
, Specialized will be offering replacement seat-stays sometime this summer. Some hubs due to steps about the axle interface have interference problems. Kind of a bummer that it was an oversight and that some folks may have to go all late 1990's with a dremel to resolve the issue, but JC noted in the Pinkbike thread to just get in touch with your Spec dealer this summer if you have this issue and they'll get you the revised seat-stay as soon as it becomes available.
From what I understand (and I may be wrong, and I am sure that if I am, there will be a million people to correct me), but yes. The RC4 is "tuned" for the leverage curve of the demo. However, as we all know you still have to make a shock "general" enough that it will accommodate all types of riders, so it isn't ideal. And as well all know, PUSH makes everything moar better! That is why I am not sure what everyone's problem is.... unless you want the adjustability of a CCDB (which is turns out DOES work on this bike), just get your RC4 custom tuned to your riding style/body weight/etc. from PUSH.
I've checked PUSH website, and i dont see any products / services that offer RC4 tuning. Maybe i should send them an email.
I agree, no one should have these kinds of issues with any expensive new product. We will do everything we can to make it right. I am happy to hear that the ride quality is making up for it at least.
Nevermind the haters, and keep up the good work progressing forward with the designs. There are a lot of things on the new Demo that just make more sense, such as ditching DU bushings, getting rid of BB threads, etc.
