I'm looking at putting a coil shock on my Spicy I ride trail centres a little downhill a minimum of Xc. I definitely don't want to go down the air shock route, thinking about the CCDB and the Elka stage 5. Does anybody have any experience of these or any other recommendations?
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My mate rides a spicy with a ccdb and loves it,Had a pushed rp23 on it before and that was good,The ccdb takes it to a new level of control and grip,comfort.
That's what I heard just want to make sure that I'm making the right choice before blowing a load of cash
CCDB. Its phenomenal. Takes a reasonable knowledge of suspension to set it up and a lot of tinkering but once you get it dialled, it is unrivalled. Put a Ti spring on it and its not much heavier than an air shock
Diverse Dueler 
What size do you need? I may be able to help with a good price 
215mm, same goes for the Dueler
Looking at a 216x63 i think - saying that Si the deals from the states on e-bay are pretty fantastic (as long as I don't get stung for tax)
Loco do you have a dueler or something????
Have had 2 CCDB's on bikes,Have always been faultless,As posted above it may take a while to find the correct setting and you need a bit of knowledge to understand the setting up.Once set its awesome,climbs better and descends quicker,what more could you want.The price is high but you get what you pay for.
I'm the UK Distributor, Service and Tuning centre
Ahhhhhh OK
Would be interested in having a look at the dueler
Will mail you with details in the morning Si.
i just stuck an old fox rc shock on the corperaterocket. feels way better than the dhx air i took off
Anyone with experience of the Elka????
Jedi- I have owned a few bikes with Dhx airs and have always sold the air to get a coil.The airs have always blown through the travel.They either are to soft and blow travel or to stop them from doing that they are harsh could never find a decent medium.They have always spiked on square edged hits,the dhx coil spikes on the high speed compression side and can be a bit wallowy in the mid stroke.
I've just fitted a CCDB 2 days ago so have yet to get it sussed but you won't read anything but glowing reports and reviews on it.
i only ever use coil and ti springs. got to get a ti spring now.
Mr Jedi - RCS FTW!
thats what i had on the demo9
hows you?
Good mate - just back from 6 months in Germany.
blimey 6 months since our session. time flies and i hope the riding did too
Fox DHX3 or 4, nice and cheap. Ride it for a few weeks with a couple of springs and then get a custom tune and then the ti spring. If ccdb and elka are like having a custom tune... why not get a custom tune?
This is what I did in the past and am doing again... currently awaiting tft delivery of push bits.
Anyone with any experience with the Elka stage 5???
ash.addy - Member
Anyone with any experience with the Elka stage 5???
I have one on an Uzzi Vp currently set up as a heavy duty trail bike. Stunning shock compared to the pushed Van R and dhx 5's I previously had. Got it as I was worried the ccdb would be too difficult to set up (this was easy).
Kamina do you think the shock would be suitable to set up on a Lapierre Spicy??
Kamina - I'm interested that you prefer the Elka to Pushed Van R and a DHX5. Were these custom tuned with the same spring weight etc or completely different bike?
Would you care to elaborate? I'm planning to push and custom tune a DHX so I am after opinions.
Many thanks.
I have an Elka on my Banshee and love it: There is more than enough adjustability and it feels great. It actually takes a bit of getting use to because it feels pretty firm at first and then gets plusher the faster you go and when you take bigger hits.
Oh, and they custom tune it to you and your bike.
ash, look into a bos stoy too.......
Jedi i have a 450lb titanium spring off a old fox van rc if you are interested.
Vikingboy love to but too much wonga
Kamina do you think the shock would be suitable to set up on a Lapierre Spicy??
Hard to say, it's a horst link bike right? I find it hard to believe that it would not work, but then so would a CCDB if you know how to tune it right (I have friends that swear by CCDB's on their Nikolai's).
Before deciding on what shock to get, I was going through a lot of possibilities. I was worried I would not be able to tune the CCDB very well, since I always found tuning shocks to be quite hard (more on that later). After discussing with Tim Flooks he was convinced it's an amazing shock, but he had rarely tried a bike where it was set up well. It kind of confirmed the fear...
Kamina - I'm interested that you prefer the Elka to Pushed Van R and a DHX5. Were these custom tuned with the same spring weight etc or completely different bike?
Would you care to elaborate? I'm planning to push and custom tune a DHX so I am after opinions.
Many thanks.
I had a pushed dhx 5 on a Transition Preston FR about two or three years ago. Later I had an Intense Tracer VP and felt it could use a coil shock. I got a pushed Van R, and felt it was at least as good as the DHX 5 was previously.
I do think the pushed shocks where nice, and an improvement to how they are stock. I always felt I don't know how to set up a shock when using them, since I was not really feeling a lot of difference when changing settings. The lack of compression tuning limits what you can do, and I don't think boost valve in the dhx compensates very well.
With the Elka the settings make a big difference. When you slow down the rebound it really packs down, when you put it fast it does kick you off the seat. When you play with compression you notice a big difference, and it changes how high the bike rides. The fact that the settings change so much actually made it a lot easier for me to tune it. I would imagine the MX-tune from push is very similar and would consider it too.
So yeah, I'm not really even close to being a pro in setting up suspension, but I like to use my bike in pretty different terrains. Most of the time I'll be riding rooty rocky paths, but sometimes smooth ones or going to a DH resort for a day. All of them require slightly different settings, and I never felt I was able to tune that on the Fox shocks.
trumplesneaker : my son just had a demo with the CCDB he had setting up issues with it at first...bike shop set it too stiff at first but soon got it sorted...it seems abit complicated but once you got it set up correct its a great shock.
would someone like to explain to me the process of custom tuning..just asking...
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