Long Travel BS Thread

yes it would be, and something I have been machining up for my truck.

 

Just expanding and agreeing

 

LOL, on the fly adjustability

 

I hope, pretty pumped to see them on someones rig and actaully feel the difference.

 

That would be cool. There is a japanese company, Tein that makes something like that for their coil overs.

http://www.tein.com/products/edfc.html

 

Always wounderd why they never ran the HSC & LSC adjuster knobs on the truck shocks all my race bikes the last 7 years iv ran fox and all have had them...then again the damn shocks on my bike cost more than the suspension on my truck lol another thing i have noticed is Fox doesnt use there special kashima coating (the goldish brown) for the stanchions(shock shaft) like on there Downhill products its supposed to be like 40% slicker and i notice a huge diffrence on a bike with and without it...would that not matter on a truck because the shocks are handling so much more weight?

 

The kashima coating is pretty fragile, wouldn't last very long with all the sand, rocks and mud. Those lsc and hsc knobs work good on a mountain bike but a properly set up shim stack will out perform it in the same terrain, problem is the type of trails we ride differ so greatly it doesnt make sense to have shim stacks in your mtb suspension when you ride different stuff all the time. I change my setup on my boxxer from race course to race course. Having a shim stack would be pretty annoying, basically changing them out every 2 to 3 weeks. They are bringing that same idea to into the offroad world for the average guy the doesn't race and runs different terrain all the time from rocks to high speed desert.

 

Carbon demo

 

sweet bike man!

 

On another note what does your demo weigh?

 

perfect answer that answers all my questions haha as for the weight…its heavier than it should be ha steel coil and a steel spring in the fork too still trying to dial in all the suspension before i drop the coin on TI springs, currently at 38lbs id like to get it down to 36lbs, no complaints with it,i love the bike! actually specialized just sent me this one haven't even had it a month yet i was on the status last season cuz they wanted me to promote the whole baller on a budget thing and didn't like it, and then my hookup at specialized got moved to Asia so i was on a 650b Tracer during the off season i didn't like the bike but the bigger wheels were amazing i did a few races even on it and it did fine. but haven't been on a demo since 2012 i forgot how amazing they are lol I'm jelous you in BC you ride Whistler a lot and what bike you running? keeping my fingers crossed i get to make it up to race during crankworks up there this year

the status, tracer and old demo

haha thanks guys i love it!

 

hahaha thanks! between this and the taco they are my two babies lol

 

Anyone have pics of how they set up their gas tube/tank/cap in their glass bedsides? I installed a longer tube that connects right to the tank to push the cap out further (from a 4runner I believe, got the part number from Patrick) but it wont go very far with the 2 tubes coming off of the main gas tube. I don't know the tech terms for these parts but any help is appreciated

 

I got tired of dealing with connecting the door to the filler, said forget it and relocated it, it's getting mounted to my cage soon tho

 

Nice, yea I have the filler neck extension on the tank but those 2 tubes coming off the main neck don't move much? is there a way they come out further? one seems to be metal if I remember right

 

Im riding a 2014 giant glory 0 as of november. Sit at mid 36 pounds with a steel coil and boxxer worldcup. Haven't ridden whistler in ages, work doesnt give me much time off. Used to race the bc cup, might do a few races this year but not a full season. If you come to bc you should let me know.

 

I changed the hose from my filler neck to the tank using the 4runner one & it sits right inside fine...