[Edvard]

Hi!

I've read a lot about the Manitou Swinger 6-coil and I think it must be a very good shock. BUT.. people tell me that I have to wait for the new Fox DHX shock, so I was wondring what you guys would suggest?

thx

 

[snowskilz]

fox suck buy a curnutt. if your not gettin a foes buy a swinger. i hate fox they are unreliable they break and blow donkey d!ck

 

[Acadian]

fox suck buy a curnutt. if your not gettin a foes buy a swinger. i hate fox they are unreliable they break and blow donkey d!ck

 

[FlipSide]

fox suck buy a curnutt. if your not gettin a foes buy a swinger. i hate fox they are unreliable they break and blow donkey d!ck

:nuts:

Grow up!

 

[binary visions]

fox suck buy a curnutt. if your not gettin a foes buy a swinger. i hate fox they are unreliable they break and blow donkey d!ck

:nuts:

I wouldn't wait, personally. Same technology. One is available now, one isn't. Therefore (IMO) you go with the one that's available now.

There's always the "next best thing" to be waiting for. Meanwhile, you should be riding. So go with what you can get right now!

 

[FlipSide]

Here's a quote from Tricky on the Dropmachine forum, I find it very appropriate in this thread:

I find every year, new **** comes out.
This new **** is supposed to be better than the old ****.
Then when you buy the old **** new, after the new **** comes out, you get a better price on the old **** that's new **** to you.

 

[toughguymagee]

I find every year, new **** comes out.
This new **** is supposed to be better than the old ****.
Then when you buy the old **** new, after the new **** comes out, you get a better price on the old **** that's new **** to you.

Well said!

 

[Edvard]

message understood

 

[Zark]

How about a Stratos?
Great CS

Damn, where's Randolph when you want a quality rant!


Ummm, yeah. Get what you can get now. The shocks are probably equivalent & waiting sucks.

 

[jncarpenter]

fox suck buy a curnutt. if your not gettin a foes buy a swinger. i hate fox they are unreliable they break and blow donkey d!ck

.............Somebody LOST????.....

 

[Acadian]

.............Somebody LOST????.....

 

[Kornphlake]

What's up with the smiliey explosion, did RM put up another one of those smiliey banner ads again and everybody clicked it? Not that I mind the smilies that much but it seems like everyday there's more that pop up and more and more people are using smilies instead of posting something meaningful.

Where'd that freeway sign come from though, I didn't realize that there really is a pinkbike.

 

[binary visions]

What's up with the smiliey explosion, did RM put up another one of those smiliey banner ads again and everybody clicked it? Not that I mind the smilies that much but it seems like everyday there's more that pop up and more and more people are using smilies instead of posting something meaningful.

http://www.cripplefight.com

Tenchiro put up the page.

Where'd that freeway sign come from though, I didn't realize that there really is a pinkbike.

Photochop!

 

[Ifelloffabike]

.............Somebody LOST????.....

hey now

dont lump ny in with those martians

 

[seismic]

I do not know what bike you have, but if you just get an Avy instead, I would not worry about the new Fox or Swinger.

 

[mental]

hey now

dont lump ny in with those martians

Say what?

Not to sound overly sensitive but have you ever tried to manage a forum with usually well over 500 users on at a time?

Pinkbike still ain't no big corporate entity selling out to the man.

We're run by unpaid volunteers who'd much rather ride our bikes than be internet whores managing forums that degenerate as usership grows!

Bikes are cool, bulletin boards are nothing more than interesting.

 

[Jm_]

the DHX has an adjustable pedaling platform and adjustable progressiveness. Suppoedly the adjustments are de-coupled, and supposedly no other shocks currently have a de-coupled adjustment.

 

[binary visions]

Hey mental - I don't think any of these comments are aimed at you or any of the moderators over at Pinkbike. Don't take it personally. Hell, kudos to you guys for even trying to stay on top of a mess like that (mess being the posters, not the site).

You just can't have 500+ people logged on at one time without a lot of them being idiots. Laws of statistics. Hence the well worn, played out joke...

 

[mental]

Hey mental - I don't think any of these comments are aimed at you or any of the moderators over at Pinkbike. Don't take it personally. Hell, kudos to you guys for even trying to stay on top of a mess like that (mess being the posters, not the site).

You just can't have 500+ people logged on at one time without a lot of them being idiots. Laws of statistics. Hence the well worn, played out joke...

Thanks BV, like I said, I was probably being a little sensitive, just find it frustrating to hear over and friggin over!

Now - I'm going for a ride!

Braaaaaaaaaaaappppppppppppp!

 

[Kntr]

I hated my Curnutt. Liked the Romic. And I LOVE my Avalanche. Get an Avalanche and get it valved for your needs and never look back.

 

[binary visions]

Thanks BV, like I said, I was probably being a little sensitive, just find it frustrating to hear over and friggin over!

Now - I'm going for a ride!

Braaaaaaaaaaaappppppppppppp!

Hell, I understand it'd be frustrating to hear so much crap about what you put a lot of work into! I just know that I'm guilty of it as well, but would never want to imply that those who are throwing all of their hard work into it should be lumped into the idiot category.

Enjoy the ride

 

[nicklin]

fox suck buy a curnutt. if your not gettin a foes buy a swinger. i hate fox they are unreliable they break and blow donkey d!ck

ahahhaha...hahaha...haha.....ha.....man reminds me of my neighbor kids talking about what paper to roll their joints with..........

 

[kidwoo]

Enjoy the ride

No SHARE the ride you dork. Jesus christ you're unreliable, you break and you blow donkey dick.





Wow I was actually laughing too hard to type that. I don't know how that first guy did it.

 

[Bicyclist]

:nuts:

I wouldn't wait, personally. Same technology. One is available now, one isn't. Therefore (IMO) you go with the one that's available now.

Actually, the technology is way different. The Fox has 2 seperate adjustments so that you can adjust pedalling platform and bottom out resistance. The Stable Platform isn't the same either. Propedal doesn't work as well as the SPV valve does.

If it were my choice, though, I would go for a Romic. They pedal well and are SUPER plush. Romic custom manufactures their shocks for each rider. They are also available now.

 

[Smelly]

gotta disagree on the romic. mine's blown twice and had never really felt all that great, despite being valved just for me. oh yeah, and each time they've had my shock it's taken over a month to get back.
i say, without ever having ridden one, spend the extra coin on an avalanche.

 

[MtnbikeMike]

Actually, the technology is way different. The Fox has 2 seperate adjustments so that you can adjust pedalling platform and bottom out resistance. The Stable Platform isn't the same either. Propedal doesn't work as well as the SPV valve does.

If it were my choice, though, I would go for a Romic. They pedal well and are SUPER plush. Romic custom manufactures their shocks for each rider. They are also available now.

Romic is actually the same tech as '04 ProPedal, the new DHX stuff(called ProPedal) is different. I think Romic and the orig PP were just shims added to the low speed compression circuit.

 

[binary visions]

Romic is actually the same tech as '04 ProPedal, the new DHX stuff(called ProPedal) is different. I think Romic and the orig PP were just shims added to the low speed compression circuit.

Yep.

Like I said, same technology. Yes, it's some kind of modified version but in the end it's pretty similar.