[Argee]

I've just got a taurine with carbon sl lefty, and i'd like to have a plusher fork so was wondering if you can get the fox RLC fit for it, or are there ways of getting the SL to feel plusher, it's straight out the box on a medium frame?

 

[jiar577]

I think the RLC internals can't be installed in the SL fork.

 

[Cypress]

How old is it? My SL took over a month before it loosened up a little bit. Also on a med Taurine.

 

[Duncan1104]

I think this has been brought up before, but would the RLC internals fit in a '07 DLR2?

 

[yogiprophet]

Fox internals will not fit into the leftys built for Cdale internals.
They take a little to break in and getting the air pressure right helps.

 

[Flying Wombat]

Give it some time to break in, the bearings are usually a little tight at the beginning and they take a few weeks of riding to really loosen up. Still the fork is not super plush, its a race fork first and foremost with some platform built into the damping in the same way the Taurine is a race hardtail. Going to the next size stiffer negative spring can help.
I do know of one of the Cannondale tech guys who had grafted the Fox Lefty internals into a SL structure, but I dont know if he had done some custom machining to get it to work.

Kevin

 

[eliflap]

maybe i lost something.....

outside: RLC and SL have same boot, same carbon body , same clamps

but different upper crown , lower dial in RLC lower air valve in SL ...

internal : many differences



so maybe it's easy and safe to buy a RLC and sell the SL ....

 

[Captain Pabst]

maybe i lost something.....

outside: RLC and SL have same boot, same carbon body , same clamps

but different upper crown , lower dial in RLC lower air valve in SL ...

internal : many differences

so maybe it's easy and safe to buy a RLC and sell the SL ....

the RLC is a standard DLR2 carbon structure. The SL uses a completely different structure. the difference that matters in the RLC conversion is that you cant thread the inner cap into the SL structure.

 

[Duncan1104]

the RLC is a standard DLR2 carbon structure. The SL uses a completely different structure. the difference that matters in the RLC conversion is that you cant thread the inner cap into the SL structure.

So the RLC would fit in an alloy DLR2?

 

[eliflap]

for me a solution is to tune by 88+....

so you will have a plush SL ....

no strange mixing done ....

mine is arriving , 1-2-3 days at home

 

[Jay04cobra]

AFAIK the only fork that can be converted to RLC is the terralogic, I had it done to mine.

 

[lars_kanonkuglen]

The magic touch...

My SL fork became lmuch more plush when I changed the oil from the standard thin 2,5 wt oil, to a 15 wt oil - it made a world of difference.
Also make sure you got the right negative spring for you weight, bed in the fork (a couple of weeks riding at least) and make sure the air pressure is correct aswell.

 

[Captain Pabst]

rlc will fit in any DLR2 (alloy or carbon).

im gonna play with the cartridge in my sl, and see if i can get it to feel like a PBR (buttery!)

 

[Argee]

It's a brand new '08 SL, i was looking at maybe changing the oil in the fork, might take it into the shop to get it done.

I'll give it a bit of time first though, anyone know what spring comes standard in a medium '08 taurine, i'm about 12 stone (168lbs)?