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Now that I'm sort of opening up into what a full susp bike can do I'm wondering what the limits on a Mach 5 are.
I realize that the Firebird is for AM / Downhill kind of stuff, but the Mach 5 is what I have and most of what I do is Trail and the Mach 5 is certainly perfect for 90% of what I do.
Okay, but I am now doing trails like Braille in Northern California Soquel-Demo which offers repeated 3 foot drops, some 4s and tons of, well, what certainly seems like downhill to me, AM at the very least.
I had the o-ring on the rear shock come off the back once, but otherwise it was usually about 1 - 3 mm from the end.
Is the Mach 5 up for, lets say, 10 3-foot drops and overall downhilling once a month?
Where would you not use it? Repeated 4 foot drops?
I do have Minion 2.5 inch tires which certainly helps in these conditions. Its funny in the same week going from RaceKings to 2.5 inch Maxxis downhill tires.
What happens when the o-ring comes off? Does bottoming the shock hurt it? Is it meant to be bottomed, or is the idea only to get the o ring onto the last mm? I know push has a nice elastomer you can put in for final big drop capability.
I realize that the Firebird is for AM / Downhill kind of stuff, but the Mach 5 is what I have and most of what I do is Trail and the Mach 5 is certainly perfect for 90% of what I do.
Okay, but I am now doing trails like Braille in Northern California Soquel-Demo which offers repeated 3 foot drops, some 4s and tons of, well, what certainly seems like downhill to me, AM at the very least.
I had the o-ring on the rear shock come off the back once, but otherwise it was usually about 1 - 3 mm from the end.
Is the Mach 5 up for, lets say, 10 3-foot drops and overall downhilling once a month?
Where would you not use it? Repeated 4 foot drops?
I do have Minion 2.5 inch tires which certainly helps in these conditions. Its funny in the same week going from RaceKings to 2.5 inch Maxxis downhill tires.
What happens when the o-ring comes off? Does bottoming the shock hurt it? Is it meant to be bottomed, or is the idea only to get the o ring onto the last mm? I know push has a nice elastomer you can put in for final big drop capability.