[cactuscorn]

flux w/ float rl vs. burner w/ same. a comparison

look... this really doesnt mean crap but its on my mind as i just got back from a ride. beauty day by the way. 45 deg with a wind chill of about 33 deg, sun shinin, dog followin and sharein the trail with a good friend, both of us on great bikes.

so my rp3 went tango uniform last week and i decided to try out a '04 float rl in its place till the bits arrive from fox. the ride was quite interesting as we railed the soft ground between the leaves which seemed to part for us all the way round the loop. traction was almost too good and semed to sorta suck my fire xc pros down into the soil on climbs while moh told me they would roost everytime i accelerated, cornered or climbed.

what i noticed was the non platform shock almost made the flux feel like a faster, more nimble burner as it squished beneath me under power but showed its more plush nature when things got fast and bumpy. climbs were a bit more of a effort to be sure but not as much as expected. any trouble i had was more due to fitness than dampers. i havent been on the bike due to rain and shock failure since i got back from az 2 weeks ago. overall, not a bad ride mind you but i do prefer the rp3 and its more solid feeling characteristics. it might be cool to swap it out the other way when its back on line. hopfully very soon!

 

[cactuscorn]

heres some shots of moh on his new fisher 29er. this is what a real climber looks like! he keeps tryin to help me out on the ups but im not a very nice student nor is he a very nice teacher. he kept tellin me he had missed the desent shots he was takin of me and made me climb that crap all over again, hence all the shots of my ass in the post above. these might show just how steep it gets out here and why i suffer so much. moh, yer a true bastard! also theres a shot of a tree i leaned tina against as i took a wiz. uppon doin so i saw all the scratch marks and thought i was in the presence of a big cat as theve been seen in these parts before. turns out it was just antler marks and thats ok with me.

 

[Jerk_Chicken]

Did it have that compliant, fluid feel in the rear you have read me describe the Burner's rear end compared to the Flux? If so, I might know what you mean.

 

[cactuscorn]

compliant, yes. fluid, not so much. for fluidity, i much prefer the rp3 over the more soft feel of the rl. it just hooks up and shoots out better. its the better of the compromises in my opinion not that i didnt like this damper. id say i also prefer the feel of the rp3 durring all stages of jumping, launch to landing. i know that doesnt make much sense when i read it myself but thats my story and im stickin to it. just a more confidant feel like i can trust its behavior more. it doesnt seem to fall into its travel uppon initial absorbtion when i hit the lip therefore making the flight more predictable and the landing isnt so bad either but perhaps slightly less compliant than the rl, not enough to declare it a supreme advantage over the platform damper. where it did surpass the new damper is in simple absorbtion of small bumps.