[Transcend]

Can anyone tell me what length shock an Cortina DH8 uses?

The 5th element site says 9.5 x 3.0 - However a guy interested in buying a shock I have says he pulled off the RS that was on his bike, and it was 9.0 x 2.75.

Can the guy not measure, does he currently have the wrong shock, or is 5th element wrong??

 

[zedro]

huh, Avy site says 9.0x3.0, but it also says "DH8 Extreme", maybe meaning for that custom linkage kit only.

 

[zedro]

DH8 extreme is the name of the cortina dh frame.

lol, stupid me. Guess using the word "extreme" in an official model name just seemed too silly on first impression

 

[Transcend]

9.0 x 3.0 doesnt exist as far as i know...wtf is going on.

any consencus on which shock it needs?

 

[zedro]

9.0 x 3.0 doesnt exist as far as i know...wtf is going on.

any consencus on which shock it needs?

well wasent the DH8 designed before the longer 9"+ shocks even came out? therefore sounds like you need a 8.75/2.75

 

[Spunger]

I know Cortina had their DH8 and then avalanche had a modded DH8 to accept their shocks. They were the avy team bikes for a year or 2 maybe.

When that frame was first made I don't think there was much out in the 9.0x3.0 length (hence why they used the Bazooka and RS shocks) but I imagine there were 8.75/2.75 shocks out. If it hits me right I thought the frame was 8" of travel?

Too bad their site sucks for information.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

The Fox's are too short, I believe the ideal shock was an 9 x 2.75, but the 9 x 3 works fine.

 

[Transcend]

He currently has a 9 x 2.75 on it, i just measure it. No way the 9.5 x 3.00 fits. His buddy bought it however for an iron horse SGS or something?

I was pretty sure the 04 SGS took a 9.0 x 2,75 as well, but he insisted otherwise.

 

[BMXman]

I know Cortina had their DH8 and then avalanche had a modded DH8 to accept their shocks. They were the avy team bikes for a year or 2 maybe.

When that frame was first made I don't think there was much out in the 9.0x3.0 length (hence why they used the Bazooka and RS shocks) but I imagine there were 8.75/2.75 shocks out. If it hits me right I thought the frame was 8" of travel?

Too bad their site sucks for information.

yeah when I bought mine it came with a 8.75x2.75 Fox RC...I upgraded to the Avy and it was 9x3.0...the frame was orginally designed around an 8.75 eye to eye though....that was almost 3 years ago so maybe the measurements have changed...D

 

[Discostu]

A guy i know said he was running a 8.75x2.75 Risse shock on his Cortina, but now i look at the risse site and i only see 9.00x3.00 listed.

 

[Twizzlerdh]

ya they make shocks at any size. just have to ask for it...

 

[Nobody]

god.. the things Google indexes... I was looking for a picture of the DH-Extreme 8 for my collection of 'things i used to know' and this thread pops up!

with BMXman's avatar as the image, no less!

lol.

 

[time-bomb]

I know Cortina had their DH8 and then avalanche had a modded DH8 to accept their shocks. They were the avy team bikes for a year or 2 maybe.

When that frame was first made I don't think there was much out in the 9.0x3.0 length (hence why they used the Bazooka and RS shocks) but I imagine there were 8.75/2.75 shocks out. If it hits me right I thought the frame was 8" of travel?

Too bad their site sucks for information.

This is correct. Avy and Cortina had a team bike that ran a modified shock configuration that allowed the bike to get 9" of travel using a longer shock and stroke. The bike that was made for the consumer market ran a 8.75x2.75 and got 8" of travel. You might be able to fit a 9.0x2.75 on there but if you increase the i2i you will raise the BB height and steepen the HA on a bike that already has a crazy high BB height. BTW, the chainstay length is super long on those too. They are stable at high speeds and plow through rocks but the geometry is very very outdated by today's standards. The suspension was outstanding on that bike though, just heavy and hard to maneuver in the tight stuff.

 

[Sandwich]

the time bomb drops on a thread from 2005...

appropriately named.

 

[time-bomb]

the time bomb drops on a thread from 2005...

appropriately named.

Ha-ha. I wasn't even paying attention. I saw the title and got kind of excited since it was about a bike I used to own. Didn't even notice the dates. Ahhhhhhhhh.........I'm a jack-ass

 

[Sandwich]

it's cool, it's nobody's fault for the resurrection.

 

[Jm_]

I know Cortina had their DH8 and then avalanche had a modded DH8 to accept their shocks. They were the avy team bikes for a year or 2 maybe.

When that frame was first made I don't think there was much out in the 9.0x3.0 length (hence why they used the Bazooka and RS shocks) but I imagine there were 8.75/2.75 shocks out. If it hits me right I thought the frame was 8" of travel?

Too bad their site sucks for information.

Yeah, they used the avalanche MTN-3 shock, a bigger badder version of the DHS. Not even sure if these are used by anyone anymore.

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