They are in, got mine today.
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Bubba, I can't remember but I looked it up long ago before I ordered mine. IIRC, the 26" 150 (which I bought) has a 532mm AtC, versus a 150mm Revelation at 528mm.
Not sure about the others since I wasn't interested in them.
Not sure about the others since I wasn't interested in them.
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@MuttonChops: I had the EXACT same problem with my Revelation. It is a great fork for regular trail riding, but give it some chop and it seemed to stiffen up horribly. Replaced it with a Pike on my SB-66 and its a new bike. The Pike really softens up the choppy roots and rocks, and takes a big hit nicely.
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Thanks! It looks like the 27.5" 150mm lands at 542mm a-c. Same as the 26" 160mm.
Just a PSA/heads up.
I've been dinking w/ the bottomless tokens... I said before I stuck in 3 of them into the 150mm 29er fork. I can say for certain that the fork won't bottom onto those three (3) tokens.
Let out all air and pushed until the crown bottomed on the main seal...all good. AND, the progressiveness w/ 3 tokens felt great...w/ just a hair over 50psi pressure, and LSC wide open.
I've been dinking w/ the bottomless tokens... I said before I stuck in 3 of them into the 150mm 29er fork. I can say for certain that the fork won't bottom onto those three (3) tokens.
Let out all air and pushed until the crown bottomed on the main seal...all good. AND, the progressiveness w/ 3 tokens felt great...w/ just a hair over 50psi pressure, and LSC wide open.
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It's here, and it's sweet already!
Dumped rain most of the day, so no trail time. Should be able to get a ride in tomorrow.
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Out of the box, playing around with pressure and damping, smoooooooooth! Ended up popping two tokens in, and dropping pressure a touch - feels good - around the block.
I usually ride with a shock pump anyhow (all my forks/rear shocks are air) but will take the socket wrench along with so playing with the spacers on trail/mid ride will be possible.
Dumped rain most of the day, so no trail time. Should be able to get a ride in tomorrow.
Out of the box, playing around with pressure and damping, smoooooooooth! Ended up popping two tokens in, and dropping pressure a touch - feels good - around the block.
I usually ride with a shock pump anyhow (all my forks/rear shocks are air) but will take the socket wrench along with so playing with the spacers on trail/mid ride will be possible.
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Looks good!
You bring up a question with the tokens. Mine feels a bit better with less pressure, but a bit too divey (when full open) and I'd about guarantee I'd bottom it often. A bit more psi corrects those issues, but then it's not as plush. So I was wondering if I ran the lower pressure but with a token or two, if that would help the dive situation? It seems like it might in theory, but I can't say for certain.
Right now in open I've got the LSC about 3 clicks from full hard IIRC.
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That's exactly how you want to use them.
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So I have a new Pike waiting to go on my new Firebird build. If you guys don't mind, what are your riding weights and when you added tokens was there already one installed like I have seen mentioned? I'm 155lbs. Then add some weight for gear and some amount of hydration. The lighter the rider the less you would need the fork to ramp up by using the tokens in theory right?
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Yeah thats my understanding, lighter rider needs less progressiveness so less token spacers. Im about 245 ready to ride, and could pretty easily bottom my pike with ~80 psi in it (with an accurate shock pump, the pump that came with my fork is about 30psi low), and that was at 15% sag. My pike did have one token installed from the factory, and I just added another. Going to try it soon at just above 20% sag with 2 spacers and see how it feels.
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Anyone have trouble with their forks?
When i originally set my sag at 25% it required about 70psi. Now it is sitting at 30% sag with the same pressure. With 0 psi it rests at about 50% sag and i cant get it to fully extend unless i pump it up to 150psi. even with no weight on the fork (in stand) it sits at 50% sag at 0 psi.
Is there any negative spring i need to know about???
Also the rock shox site says to use 0w30 oil in the lower legs. Not to sure about using multi grade engine oil.
When i originally set my sag at 25% it required about 70psi. Now it is sitting at 30% sag with the same pressure. With 0 psi it rests at about 50% sag and i cant get it to fully extend unless i pump it up to 150psi. even with no weight on the fork (in stand) it sits at 50% sag at 0 psi.
Is there any negative spring i need to know about???
Also the rock shox site says to use 0w30 oil in the lower legs. Not to sure about using multi grade engine oil.
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How are you guys conducting the sag measurement? IE, how do you weight the bike to get a proper sag reading?
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Put on all your gear. Hydration pack if you wear one, with water, full bottles on the bike of not. Helmet, shoes, the works.
Put your bike near a wall or in a hallway. Get on the bike in whatever position you will use most, either attack or seated. Lean lightly against the wall, and attempt to balance. If the travel indicator o-ring / zip tie has a gap to the fork or shock, move them in place. (This would mean you bounced the bike when you got on it, but it's not a big deal.)
Get off carefully and measure or read the sag.
Fully kitted up, seat position instead of attack, w/ Reverb at full ext....basically, climbing position. Done on flat ground as a trade-off between pitched up and lifting (climbing) and pitched down and brake diving (downhilling). LSC on front and rear wide open. Bounce on the bike to get it to settle in, then move the o-rings down.
For me, I like both ends at ~27% sag, but that's just me.
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OK, just like you do with the rear. Always seems like the rear takes more "static weight" than the front, especially seated, so I was wondering if there was a different treatment for the front.
Because of this I have never liked to measure sag on my fork. I feel like if I get the sag right in my garage it is way too soft on the trail. I've resorted to trial an error with a shock pump in my pack on the trail. Once I get it feeling good I remember the psi.
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anyone have a review of the dual position version to share?
anyone have a weight for the 650b dual position?
anyone have a weight for the 650b dual position?
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anyone have any tire clearance issues? Im wondering if a 26x2.4 trail king will fit in the 160mm 26" pike
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