Long Termers: Jon’s Ghost AMR Lector 7700
Jon tweaks the carbon machine with a custom tuned Fox shock. Will it be harder, better, faster, stronger?
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Posted on: February 16, 2011
Fill the airsleeve with grease?
Hey, that’s supposed to be a trade secret
So this shorter shock body, have you say gone from a 200 x 50 to a 190 x 50 or can they custom tune the length say a 197 rather than a 200??
Great technical article, well written and informative.
It’s gone from 200×57 to a 190×57. I think you’re stuck with ‘standard’ lengths but there are a huge array of them available. If you’ve got something specific in mind then get in touch with Mojo and they’ll be able to point you in the right direction…
As trailertrash said, really well written piece that, with enough tech jargon to keep us paying attention, while also explaining the benefits and suchlike. More of this please!
Its amazing how little things can change how a bike handles.
but thats why everyone has their own setup
Or buy a Trek Remedy in the first place and get a longer fork, longer rear travel and DRCV rear shock which works soooo much better. Plus they have custom valves they’ve designed which wokr better on the reboudn tune than the regualr Fox ones.
Or buy a Trek Remedy in the first place and get a longer fork, longer rear travel and DRCV rear shock which works soooo much better. Plus they have custom valves they’ve designed which wokr better on the reboudn tune than the regualr Fox ones.
In your opinion? I think the point that Johnny is trying to make and quite alot of us in the office is how short(er) travel bikes are really capable now – and were in the very privelleged positon to play around with bike set ups in the way that maybe some of our other readers would like to but either can’t afford to do or don’t want to risk on there own bikes. As to the Remedy – I thought the chassis was amazing but didn’t get on with the way the DRCV rear shock and the custom valved fork worked at all – I ended up running loas of propedal and winding on as much compression as I could. Does that make you wrong ? Nope. it just means we probably ride differently.
Matt
As said above, great detail in an accessible article. It’s stuff like this that will open up the minds of riders like myself who have ridden enough to know they suit a slacker bike but have fallen into the trap of thinking this means longer travel. Fork/shock length tweaking along with angle reducer headsets will give 120mm bikes loads more scope for riders like me as well as being loads more capable for those days when you just fancy getting a few miles in…
Worth remembering though that you need good guidance like (Mojo) to do things like this otherwise you can really screw up the way a nice riding bike handles !
Thanks all! Just to echo what’s been said above we (as spoilt journos) are in a good position to play about with the setup of bikes as it won’t cost us anything other than time (and maybe a few crashes) if it turns out we’ve made a terrible mistake.
Having a chat with suspension tuners and your local bike shop is always a good starting point if you’ve got plans to alter your bike without going to the expense of buying a new one…
I’m more surprised that this bit of tweaking has worked as my fiddling usually ends up ruining something perfectly good