Hi gang.i,m thinking of buying a scott ransom but feel a bit put of by there rather over enginered looking shock.any one got any experience(good or bad).They look a bit offputing compared to my trusty fox.The bike is second hand and has been greatly upgraded but the shock concerns me.Please advice o technical ones.
My mate had nothing but trouble with his always leaking but I reckon he wrenched the cap on too hard and broke it twice- he is not good at things .
I have had a ransom for around 10 months and i've had no trouble at all with mine? oviously have to use the dedicated shock pump as its extremely high pressure but its fine.
Really good being able to lock it out or use the TC mode (90mm) for climbing. And then of course there's the decending! its just awesome, 6.5" of travel which seems bottomless.
like i said, i've had one for 10 months with no bother.
nice one neil.thanks for that bit of advice.a couple more positive post and i will feel a bit more positive about buying it..
Got a Ransom 30 with the EQ shock, very nice piece of kit, works fantastically well, no probs here 🙂
We've had 1 rebuilt shock out of our 5 Ransoms over 3 summers (rebound top out).. all get a full summer of hard riding though. Shocks good, works well, and defines the bike for the most part.
If I were building an ally Ransom for gravity only, i'd be tempted to try a DHX air. However for a carbon bike that gets pedalled as well as descended.. the equalizer is the perfect fit imo.
One of our guides had 'problems' with his leaking air.. but after a bit of education I managed to convince him that it really wasn't leaking at all.. it was simply the way he was referencing his pressures.
Basically, with the small volume and high pressure of the shock, if you attach the pump and unlock the valve, in the case of the negative chamber, you loose something like half the shock contents into the pump hose/body.. and viola.. it appears that the shock's pressure has dropped massively. If you 'pre-pump' the shock pump body and hose to your required pressure before opening the lock valve.. you'll see very little pressure difference.
Anyway, I digress... the shock does what its supposed to.
mate had one and always rumbled about them being to faffy to set up and was never able to get it right for his weight, sounds like too much hasle to me. ransoms look rather nice tho
I had a Ransom for 2 years - it required 2 replacement shocks in this time; while they worked I liked them (lockout/ bar mounted adjustment etc. was useful)
Then the chainstay snapped (riding through a puddle!) - got rid of it as soon as - won't bother with a propriety shock again or a Scott for that matter.
