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Hey,
is it just me or do the guys who make our forks need to have a system so you can return to full travel on the fly?
I have some pikes and appreciate being able to wind them down when it all gets a bit steep for my all mountain fs. I can wind them down on the fly as the u-turn allows this. Problem is I have to get off the bike to wind em back out again. I would rather get rid of the motion control lock, which is basically redundant, and replace it with the new system. I ride trails not roads!
Thoughts?
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:22 pm
Marzocchi ETA with remote does this
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:25 pm
Fox TALAS - flick the switch, pop a wheelie & the forks push straight out.
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:25 pm
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That's a start but fox + rock shox need to get on it!
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:26 pm
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hmmmmm, kinda then!
Why are Rock Shox not bothering? Just in case we want to do the tour de france on some pikes?
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:27 pm
Manitou infinte travel, Magura flight control, Marzocchi ETA, pretty sure the maverick forks and Rockshox 2 Step System are on the fly aswell.
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:27 pm
patent issues?
I agree btw - much better system
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:28 pm
Manitou RTWD is good too.
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:31 pm
[i]Why are Rock Shox not bothering?[/i]
The Lyrik 2 step forks that I used last weekend return to full travel at the flick of a switch.
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:34 pm
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hope they drop the technology down to the pike! Though I guess I would need to buy the new forks with the technology 🙁 Or just get some lyriks whacked on 🙂
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:40 pm
giddyrob - Memberhope they drop the technology down to the pike! Though I guess I would need to buy the new forks with the technology [:(] Or just get some lyriks whacked on
😕 mibbe just buy some forks NOT made by RockShox?
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:41 pm
IME can't beat the ETA sytem. Lock down rather than out which makes climbing easier. Back to full travel at the turn of a lever. It's all the adjustment I'd need.
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:44 pm
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Rock Shox rule!
Fox are great but expensive.
not gonna change my forks just yet, but the next ones I buy will have to have that feature.
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:47 pm
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to lock the front fork on some of the terrain I try to get up would suck!
Posted : 22/03/2009 9:48 pm
ETA is fantastic, really, really good system. Totally agree that soft lock-down is WAY better than solid lock-out.
That said, I've just put some U-turn Lyriks on my Heckler. Going to put up with the slow change as we don't really do that much climbing here (and what we do do is a BIIIIGGGG climb followed by a BBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGG descent), going to use it more so that I can switch from 130mm ish for singletrack to 160mm for DH.
Posted : 22/03/2009 10:24 pm
Pace/DT Swiss Launch Control does (or used to). Either hit a big enough bump, pump hard down on the bars, or flick the switch back up to return to full travel.
Posted : 22/03/2009 11:36 pm
ETA was fantastic while I had it.
Would definitely have bought an ETA fork again but Marzocchi seem to use it very sparingly.
Posted : 22/03/2009 11:43 pm
