Rockshox devs

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Ah a Gambling man.. sure you want to put your chips on a losing Horse?

 

Nah, I've got some Specialized Equipment. It allows me to take the Big Hits like a Mongoose fighting a Voodoo cobra. I'm Nuke Proof like that...

[wesley_r]

if cpt is buying a Heckler, and cap a MetaAM, I am going to be just a little jealous. Just a little.

[Capricorn]

if cpt is buying a Heckler, and cap a MetaAM, I am going to be just a little jealous. Just a little.

 

it wont be close to your size, so dont even think of hijacking mine. but u in the clear wrt cpt.. just saying

[wesley_r]

in the clear as I got it right?

 

bastards.

 

I lied. I won't be a little jealous...

[wesley_r]

Pity we don't have a Super D / Enduro series in Cape Town, isn't it?

[Capricorn]

about Super D: did dirtopia not arrange super D one or twice, and i heard it failed miserably? Do you perhaps know why?

Edited March 1, 2012 by Capricorn

[wesley_r]

I have no idea if they did or not, and if they did and it failed, I would have no idea why...

[Pappa Bear]

That bearing goes between the spring of the shock and the "nut" / spring preload nut. So it sits on the shock. The idea is that one end of the spring is free to "rotate" under compression thus making the a spring shock that more "smooth". You get the same for boxxer forks aswell, a small needle bearing sitting in the fork leg (leg with spring).

Edited March 1, 2012 by Pappa Bear

[Pappa Bear]

That bearing goes between the spring of the shock and the "nut" / spring preload nut. So it sits on the shock. The idea is that one end of the spring is free to "rotate" under compression thus making the a spring shock that more "smooth". You get the same for boxxer forks aswell, a small needle bearing sitting in the fork leg (leg with spring).

 

Damm ...... the scale had me going........ would agree it is a spring end bearing....... they might have the same for the shock, that might be what Danny's pinkie is hidding?

[Capricorn]

ok, no worries. just trying to understand what the shortcomings were. Then, perhaps we could fix it and get Super D off the ground properly.

[Capricorn]

Damm ...... the scale had me going........ would agree it is a spring end bearing....... they might have the same for the shock, that might be what Danny's pinkie is hidding?

 

that's what I was thinking...

[wesley_r]

ok, no worries. just trying to understand what the shortcomings were. Then, perhaps we could fix it and get Super D off the ground properly.

 

yeah for sure. i am convinced there are tons of riders waiting in the wings for a super D series...

[Pappa Bear]

I competed in the Super D at Mankele (Mankele Avalanche) neaqr Nelspruit, the terain here (contermanskloof and Tokai) would definitly warrant a Super D........ And there are PLENTY of people with 120-160mm travel bikes - not that one is required but thats what they were designed for.

 

Combine it with a DH event (split the shuttle cost between the two events etc.) and you would attract more spectaters, same sponsors to both events as well....

Edited March 1, 2012 by Pappa Bear

[banna]

yeah for sure. i am convinced there are tons of riders waiting in the wings for a super D series...

 

Yup. A lot of guys (including me) would like to do more aggressive trail stuff, but don't necessarily want do full on DH racing. Something like this could fill that gap nicely.