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keeping my eyes peeled for a metric rockshox deluxe in 190 x 45, just can’t seem to find one anywhere, can find others but they seem to be trunnions etc.
i know x fusion and cane creek are available but bit of a fan of rockshox.
anyone know for sure what size could be adapted with the correct parts to create the desired size?
Should also say I’m hoping to find a second hand one to save the hard earned pennies
edit should add that 190 x 45 will apparently cause tyre to hit frame (cotic flaremax)
Sorry should be 190 x 50 will hit frame, needs a 45 stroke
only been going about 18 months on new bikes so not much chance of second hand until more people start upgrading, and mostly people still only have their low end stuff to sell on after upgrading. Might not be good pickings in the second hand market for a little bit
I'm not sure how many frames were specced as metric recently
Nearly all of them, apart from Cotic.
Buy a 190x51 and get it spaced down.
Teeth grinder can you do that then? Can’t seem to find any real answer and looking at the spec documents it looks like a combination of shaft and aircan to get the required eye to eye and stroke.
Give TF a call tomorrow and tell them you're looking at buying a used 190x50 shock and can they service and space it down for your new frame.
I've got a barely used CCDB Air in 190x50 here which I'll be selling at a reasonable price shortly, if the answer is yes and you fancy one of them.
On another note - I thought metric was all about getting more stroke for a given e2e, but 45mm is less than 50mm - obviously.
Nearly all of them, apart from Cotic
Uh ? The OP is looking for a shock for his Cotic FlareMax. Are you saying it’s not really metric ?
Uh ? The OP is looking for a shock for his Cotic FlareMax. Are you saying it’s not really metric ?
Just ignore him. He’s a relentless Cotic basher who started a thread that was mostly full of lies
On another note – I thought metric was all about getting more stroke for a given e2e, but 45mm is less than 50mm – obviously.
No. Metric is about increased overlap and standardising the space available for the ifp. All of that takes up millimetres in the interests of appropriate performance whatever size is needed for packaging in any particular frame design.
Dual eye metric shocks are longer for their stroke length.
Trunnion mount are shorter because the attachment point is moved. Metric shocks being shorter only applies to trunnion mounts
Uh ? The OP is looking for a shock for his Cotic FlareMax. Are you saying it’s not really metric ?
Hah didn't spot that! So they went Metric after the 2018 Rocket then!