Now that RS are making revelation solo air fork for next year, I was wondering if now is the time to grab a dual air version before they all go.
My only complaint about dual air rev's is that after a few rides, air pressure seems to leak from the +ve to the -ve air chamber, causing a bit of suck down. I have tried chamber seal changes and liberal greasing but with little benefit.
I like my fork active, so always set both chamber pressures the same, so on the face of it solo air (which I think automatically sets equal pressures) seems to fix the problem.
Solo air has been around for a few years on other forks, so any feedback on performance would be welcomed!
I've only had one solo air fork ages ago but I think I prefer my dual air Pike. More tunable and I seem to prefer my forks a bit less sensitive than at equal pressure. I guess it does mean there's more to go wrong though, not that I've had any issues.
The new solo air system (as fitted to the Revelation 2013) is different to the old solo air as fitted in Recons, Sektors etc.
Better performance from the newer system, I'm keeping my 2012 dual air RCT3s for a bit as I like the extra tunability of the dual system.
Is it just me who gets suck down? Should I care? It just turns a 150mm fork into a 140mm jobbie.
I know I once put a little oil in the +ve chamber, as opposed to grease, and it was not long before I had said oil spitting out of the -ve valve when I depressured. Use grease now.
"Is it just me who gets suck down?"
My 2010 150mm revs also suck down to 140mm within the space of a ride
My 2008 130mm revs leaked the other way loosing the -ve air, so it became very firm over a ride or two. A seal change did cure that
My borhters 2009 recons had a leak but being solo air it kept equalizing as it lost air
If the seals and sealing surfaces (inside of the stantion legs) are in good condition there shouldn't be a leaks.
The fork shouldn't compress a huge amount with the pressures balanced, you do need to start with both empty no weight on the forks ideally and fill the pos chamber fisrt then the negative as the pressure/volume ratios can get messed up if done the other way round as the neg chamber is smaller