I think that was E.T. phone home.Bicyclist said:I forget who on the board mentioned it, but it was the same guy that's racing the new BigHit this year. I think he's from NorCal but I could be wrong.
I do. It's really hard (if not impossible) to get aftermarket shocks for Demo 8s and 9s because the bikes have proprietary eyelets for oversized shock mounting hardware.chicodude said:I don't think there is a reason it wouldn't work...
No, it's actually the eyelets on the shock that are oversized, which allows the use of oversized hardware. If all you do is swap hardware, you're gonna have a helluva time trying to cram a big ol' bolt into a tiny little shock eyelet.Bicyclist said:Well I'm gonna transfer the hardware from my Swinger to a new ROCO, so that should work. The mount interface on the '05s is the same as the '06s, and they weren't around in '04.
I think it's just the 2006 demos with Fox shocks, because my '06 SX is the same way(oversized) with it's RP3.dexterq20 said:No, it's actually the eyelets on the shock that are oversized, which allows the use of oversized hardware. If all you do is swap hardware, you're gonna have a helluva time trying to cram a big ol' bolt into a tiny little shock eyelet.
Hopefully this will clear some stuff up. I'm holding in my hand right now the Swinger that came with my 2005 Demo8, and another, regular 5th Element Air. The eyelet of the Swinger that mounts on the chainstay is actually smaller than a normal eyelet. Waaaay smaller. This is why when you buy an aftermarket shock, you need to reduce the eyelet size to fit it to the Demo. However, there is no DU bushing on that end of the shock, it's a cool bearing/conical washer mount.dexterq20 said:No, it's actually the eyelets on the shock that are oversized, which allows the use of oversized hardware. If all you do is swap hardware, you're gonna have a helluva time trying to cram a big ol' bolt into a tiny little shock eyelet.
Ok, so I need a reducer kit for one end of a new shock and the other end will work just fine? Am I understanding that correctly?bikenweed said:Hopefully this will clear some stuff up. I'm holding in my hand right now the Swinger that came with my 2005 Demo8, and another, regular 5th Element Air. The eyelet of the Swinger that mounts on the chainstay is actually smaller than a normal eyelet. Waaaay smaller. This is why when you buy an aftermarket shock, you need to reduce the eyelet size to fit it to the Demo. However, there is no DU bushing on that end of the shock, it's a cool bearing/conical washer mount.
The other end of the shock that attatches to the main frame/front triangle is actually a completely normal size.
Yes, you can take any regular shock and mount it to a Demo8, but you need to reduce the eyelet that mounts to the swingarm. Fox has kits available, and there is a great thread about this on MTBR, and another here on RM.
Specialized has a hideous way of combining costum stuff with normal stuff when it comes to shocks, but somehow the Demo8 almost got spared. It's still a pain in the ass to get a hold of the reducer kit.