The new Dorado has been out for a while, but there doesn't seem to be a wiki style thread like most other forks.
Would this be useful to anyone but me?
I'd be interested to know how other people are setting theirs up.
Also for modifications:
Has anyone measured up the new spring chamber sizes for mathing up?
Are the threads compatible to swap any parts from the 36?
Im glad to say the guards swap between the two models fine, but I'd be interested in swapping the dampers (my 36 has a Dougal special that pisses on the new pro from a LARGE height).
Has anyone checked the bushings yet, are they set well or is burnishing a must do?
It's typical that my last fork was finally feeling perfect, then a bushing came loose!
Though frankly the old one still feels better even with the inners hitting the outer tubes =)
First impressions of the pro are chassis feels great, but spring/damper are problems.
The old fork was super dialled so, it's not a fair comparison. I just hoped for better on the new.
For a quick summary of what I've tried.
Lsr seems good at 2 clicks from open.
With lsc closed and HSC open the fork is extremely plush and tracks the ground beautifully. However the low speed support is too low. The front dives on the face of a jump causing scary almost over the bars moments. It does track the ground well though. For low/mid speed tech it's great, but as the speed goes up the control disappears.
If I add a few clicks of HSC then the fork deflects off roots. Throws the front in to the air. It's weird, I've ridden forks locked out that are smoother over roots!
So my next trials are getting the HSC low enough that I get low speed support, then dial back LSC until the fork moves when it hits a root.
Air pressure has been tried at 75/140 and 80/160. 75 tracks the ground well, I tried higher to make up for a lack of damper support, but it made things worse.
So first impressions are this fork does some things great, but other bits are way off.
I like that the axle is now secured with a decent torque. It bugged me that the old one was 4nm, but needed 5nm to secure the axle. Now it's a floating axle and 12nm...its solid =)
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The mud guard fits!
Would this be useful to anyone but me?
I'd be interested to know how other people are setting theirs up.
Also for modifications:
Has anyone measured up the new spring chamber sizes for mathing up?
Are the threads compatible to swap any parts from the 36?
Im glad to say the guards swap between the two models fine, but I'd be interested in swapping the dampers (my 36 has a Dougal special that pisses on the new pro from a LARGE height).
Has anyone checked the bushings yet, are they set well or is burnishing a must do?
It's typical that my last fork was finally feeling perfect, then a bushing came loose!
Though frankly the old one still feels better even with the inners hitting the outer tubes =)
First impressions of the pro are chassis feels great, but spring/damper are problems.
The old fork was super dialled so, it's not a fair comparison. I just hoped for better on the new.
For a quick summary of what I've tried.
Lsr seems good at 2 clicks from open.
With lsc closed and HSC open the fork is extremely plush and tracks the ground beautifully. However the low speed support is too low. The front dives on the face of a jump causing scary almost over the bars moments. It does track the ground well though. For low/mid speed tech it's great, but as the speed goes up the control disappears.
If I add a few clicks of HSC then the fork deflects off roots. Throws the front in to the air. It's weird, I've ridden forks locked out that are smoother over roots!
So my next trials are getting the HSC low enough that I get low speed support, then dial back LSC until the fork moves when it hits a root.
Air pressure has been tried at 75/140 and 80/160. 75 tracks the ground well, I tried higher to make up for a lack of damper support, but it made things worse.
So first impressions are this fork does some things great, but other bits are way off.
I like that the axle is now secured with a decent torque. It bugged me that the old one was 4nm, but needed 5nm to secure the axle. Now it's a floating axle and 12nm...its solid =)
The mud guard fits!
