the 06 boxxer... without pinch bolts!
New Boxxer, found on Poopbike...
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That is the 2006 Boxxer World Cup that is Air sprung. I got a chance to play with one last weekend and I couldn't tell the difference from a coil sprung in a parking lot test. I wasn't thinking or I would have requested to trade bikes with the industry guy that had it on his 2006 bike.
I also rode the 2006 XO shifters and they are awesome. They feel very smooth but have a nice detent. The adjustable lever is also nice. If it wasn't nearly 100 degrees and causing my brain to overheat, I would have grabbed the camera.
I also rode the 2006 XO shifters and they are awesome. They feel very smooth but have a nice detent. The adjustable lever is also nice. If it wasn't nearly 100 degrees and causing my brain to overheat, I would have grabbed the camera.
Looks like they're using some form of the Maxle system.
Cool!
Cool!
why does it work for me?
...hmmmm.
So the Boxxer Air has finally gone from BlackBox development to pre-production.
Anyone know whose Iron Horse SGS that is in the pics???
So the Boxxer Air has finally gone from BlackBox development to pre-production.
Anyone know whose Iron Horse SGS that is in the pics???
haha because it has "pink" in the title. thats great,sanjuro said:
to much work for a pic of a fork ive seen before
I was at the NZ 2006 Rock shox/sram/avid/Truvativ release and yes the boxxer line no longer uses pinch bolts, instead a variation of the maxale system which uses only one 6mm allen key to remove, looks pretty sweet, the WC fork we saw was still preproduction and the dropouts still resembled the previous pichbolt ones, but production ones will be different, and god damn did it feel light, right on the 6lb mark!
looks sweet. sounds like they're in production - descent-world (uk) claims to have the first (20 sets) off the line.
The air WC feels nice in the parking lot. I wish I had the chance to do more than just ride it around when I tried it.
His Sunday has not come in yet.DHS said:
And who is riding the SGS?
As paris would say... "that's hot"
Maybe if I was going to look at a new Marzocchi fork, I would search for the pic, but this is too much work for a Rock Shox product.
whats wrong with a sgs................... i rock a sgs..............................but there not 06s.
Yeah, I rock a 2004 SGS World Cup...with a Marzocchi fork, of course!
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whats wrong with the way you type? if your trying to use an ellipses, its only 3 periods.stubby said:
Now at least you won't be stripping out the lowers anymore...how the hell does that axle setup work anyways??....that adjuster looks a wee bit vulnerable....i imagine i'll be seeing a few of those broken off.....well...that's if the surf bug dies off and I start riding again
The axle works real well. You thread in one side w/ a 6mm and then tighten the other side w/ a 6mm to lock it in place.
I have been bashing the fork for a couple weeks now (up at Whistler and Diablo) and the adjuster has been holding up just fine. Bottom line is that this fork is friggin sweet!
-ska todd
I have been bashing the fork for a couple weeks now (up at Whistler and Diablo) and the adjuster has been holding up just fine. Bottom line is that this fork is friggin sweet!
-ska todd
i hear youHow said:
every one has suddenly turned into a weight weenie
nasty cool ****....have you been on the air one??....if so...what do you think?....timmerman rode one quite a while back and said it was smoother than the last time dusty gave him a rimmer.....ska todd said:
Like the old monster T? Screw in one side then do up a pinch bolt on the other?ska todd said:
Scurry said:
In New Zealand the RRP for a WC is $2699nz or $1835.99us, sounds abit high,
but then a 40RC2 has a RRP of $3320nz=$2177us
So im guessing it will be cheaper for you guys, we get so screwed down here!
i like this "air" trend of late.
Dude, air sucks! At least it did in 1999, so why let new technology change our opinion? Disc brakes and [every kind of] suspension sucked once, too...which is why I ride a bike that looks like this:Tashi said:me too, more adjustible? good feel? light?
gee, lets stay with steel springs
good call!