|   What is the difference? | Daniel
Dec 19, 2001 9:44 PM | | What's the difference between a Elastomer/Coil Spring fork and a Coil/MCU Spring fork? and also which is beter of the two? |
| MCU/Coil and Elastomer/Coil are... | Squash
Dec 20, 2001 4:10 AM | | Different names for the same thing. MCU is actually a contraction of Monocelular Urethane (I think), which is a type of elastomer (simple name-springy rubber like substance). Anyway they are the same. No matter what you call it a skunk it is still a skunk. Personally I don't care for elastomer(MCU)/coil forks. Especially in cold weather. The elastomer gets very stiff when the temp drops much below 40 degrees. But the do provide a fork that uses them with a more progressive spring rate than a straight coil sprung fork. But the same progressivness can be accomplished in other less temperature sensitive ways. Anyway, an Elasotmer and an MCU are just differnt names for the same animal.
Good Dirt |
| not quite...... | heff®
Dec 20, 2001 5:11 AM | | .....although it's easy to think that.
Actually, elastomers and MCU's are different compounds entirely. Elastomers are firmer, and harden up like rocks in cold weather. MCU's will harden a bit as well, but not nearly as much.
They work the same, though, so you're mostly correct.
heff® |
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