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Is it possible to use pike lowers on recon uppers? Anyone tried a rockshox hybrid?
Hey,
Yup-tried it and running it at the mo!
Needs a bit of work-pike lowers are longer than recon ones, (about 15mm if I remember right?!) so when all bolted up you will lose some travel. Aslo pike rebound and spring shafts are longer too, so you either buy like ones or make a spacer-there was a thread on here somewhere about it for lyriks (that's what I did) but also you will need to make bigger bottom out bumpers-otherwise at full compression the lowers will hit the crown before the bottom out bumper. I made mine using rubber sheet approx 15mm thick.
I found a good thread on mtbr about a revelation/pike mash up which was the same principle.
edit - here are the links......
[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rs-lyriks-160-u-turns-to-170#post-3368602 ]STW Link[/url]
[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/shocks-suspension/pike-20mm-lowers-revelation-140mm-534851.html ]MTBR link[/url]
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You won't lose travel if you make the spring/damper rods longer-my post didn't really make that clear?!
Been running them a year or so-no problems to report!
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