So has anyone seen a Sunday, Socom, V10 or what have you, running a DHX air yet?
I haven't seen a pick of any yet but figure they must be out there.
I haven't seen a pick of any yet but figure they must be out there.
If a seal expanded, it would get tighter around the shaft. If it contracted, it would get looser. All shocks heat up on DH bikes. Go ahead and grab an coil/oil shock's resi at the end of a run. If you have an avalanche, wear a glove.Air shocks overheat, making their seals expand and let all the air out.
If a seal expanded, it would get tighter around the shaft. If it contracted, it would get looser.
Exactly, although the DHX air has a few issues that cause it to not work so well for DH anyways.
Anyways, the problem is loss of damping, not air.
I'm curios what are they...and why do they happen. I don't really understand. It makes sense to me that things get hot and why an air shock would get much hotter than a coil over, but what causes fade...?Exactly, although the DHX air has a few issues that cause it to not work so well for DH anyways.
pics? i though fox dont make the float in the 8.75X2.75 size? otherwise i want one!!!!I have a float on my V10 no problems at all
this line of thought is just dumbpics? i though fox dont make the float in the 8.75X2.75 size? otherwise i want one!!!!
why so? i presume its incorrect grammatically somewhere that i am not picking up on.this line of thought is just dumb
it wasnt a taco i dont think stephen.sam hill runs dhx air quite a bit. I suppose if i could put on a brand new shock after each practice run and have those caliber of techs to tune it for me I would too.
other dumb builds....where is the picture of the Chumba or whatever will the swiss cheese e.13 taco?
Huh?mattmatt overheating isnt the problem that air shock incounter on a dh bike, or any other bike for that point. .
Isn't that called bottoming out?lock out at full compression
ding ding ding ding and even tho the dhx air has all the bad rep with over heating, the rp23/ float doesn't. also since i run very little bottom out on my bike i could use an air shox for more then just the smoothest courses.I think dh kid weighs like 120, so if anybody could get away with it...
the air pressure increasing is one of the problems, but with the dhx air when it overheats too much it looses all damping.Huh?
Yes it is. A hot air shock increases pressure since you're relying on a pressurized gas for suspension. A fixed volume gas increases in pressure with heat. And dampers, on an air OR coil shock lose a bit of damping as the fluid gets hot and thins a bit.
and it loses some damping toothe air pressure increasing is one of the problems, but with the dhx air when it overheats too much it looses all damping.A fixed volume gas increases in pressure with heat. And dampers, on an air OR coil shock lose a bit of damping as the fluid gets hot and thins a bit.
and then have to be sent back to fox because if you try to take them apart they explode in your face and rip your fingers off.ohh okay kidwoo i guess i just misunderstood, and about the lock out thing it is bottoming out, but when you bottom out the shock will come back. with a dhx they tend to lock up when you bottom them out, or atleast that is what i keep hearing about them.
That's because the higher leverage ratio makes the spring effectively softer. With the adjusted spring rate, the lower ratio will feel better.i noticed that when i had 2 leverage settings on my bike (2.6:1 and 3:1) the more leverage the smoother it was. it was very very noticable. i think that the old vanillas or even the new ones with no platforms of any kind with a ti coil would be such a nice alternative. then having them pushed. ouulala!