|   anyone with a FS singlespeed? Should I go for it??? | francis
Feb 16, 2002 1:19 AM | | Should I do it? I'm dying to find out what it will be like. Has anyone tried this with a full suspension bike?
Is it it ruining a good bike or completing an unfinished bike?? I'm bored. Where's my hacksaw?
Has anyone tried these Fox Forx yet? Ok, I've been using the Fox 100 RLC air fork and it is unbelievable. It is such a radical jump from any other fork out there. Here's the lowdown:
- bump absorption is the best I've ever felt, spring or air. It is not real! I can push the shock down with 1 finger!!! There is no stiction, zero. They have some new technology on the sliders and everything moving gets lubricated.
- stiffness. bigass stanctions. It steers like a rigid fork but you don't feel any bumps. It's a strange sensation going down a rough singletrack and you don't have to correct-steer.
- adjustability - Rebound and Compression are adjustable. The lockout works well too. In lockout mode, there's a blowoff valve (in case you do some jumps) and that's adjustable too.
My disclaimer is MTBR is now Fox sponsored so you might think I'm biased. But try this shock out and get other opinions. Downsides are it's about 3.7 lbs and $630. For SS riding, it might bob too much since there's no stiction. The lockout comes in handy though.
francis |
| i did it! and love it | mondo
Feb 16, 2002 5:01 AM | | a 2001 Giant NRS1. I even raced it in a solo 12 hour race. You have
to use your rear derailleur, the singlerator will not give you enough
chain slack for when you compress the rear shock all the way. It just
won't work!
I am looking into the Paul's Melvin. The most fun you can have on two
wheels with on gear! |
| i didn't see the Rohloff tensioner | mondo
Feb 16, 2002 4:40 PM | | the the webcyclery site. can you tell me how much it is?
also, what is it called |
| i will try it now | mondo
Feb 16, 2002 3:51 PM | | see if it will work or not. would be nice to ditch the XT derailleur. |
| will not work | mondo
Feb 16, 2002 4:29 PM | | It has to push down on the chain, when the shock compresses the
rear of the bike gets longer. Needing more chain, pushing up,
there is no extra chain for this. With it pressing down on the
chain, you have less chain on the rear cog. Run it if you like,
but i wouldn't. I will run a melvin. |
| that would be sweet ! | Matrix
Feb 16, 2002 5:17 AM | | I have done it with a Marin B-17 years ago -1999 & chain came off rear 2x at the Cane creek DH finals-so that was a waste of 12 hrs of total driving....I shoulda ran a guide (sandwitched the rear gear} to avoid that !! ....good luck...... |
| you;re about the only one who'd never be accused of bias | DeeEight
Feb 16, 2002 10:19 AM | | probably, if only because we don't see you praising or bashing stuff all that often (unlike say, Mountain Bike's editor-in-chief).
As to doing the FS bike as a SS, I tried it using a Schwinn Sweetspot frame for a few days just by taking out the derailleurs/shifters (was taking it apart anyways to ship out the frame), using a single 18T cog on the DX 7speed hub body (and a bunch of cassette spacers, all screwed together) and a 34T chainring on the crank. Since its a unified-triangle I didn't need a tensioner once I shortened a chain down because the distance the chain travels never changes. It worked ok. I'm thinking if I found a Trek Y frame cheap enough, i might do it again. |
| wierdo.... nm | now I've seen everything
Feb 16, 2002 9:25 PM | | nm |
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