Any reliability problems? Also initial feedback was consistently excellent but a few people said they were still tinkering, wondering if performance had improved for anyone as a result?
Any reliability problems? Also initial feedback was consistently excellent but a few people said they were still tinkering, wondering if performance had improved for anyone as a result?
Base settings pretty close for me from tftuned. Avoid using a muddy night ride to fine tune the settings as the adjusters are easily rounded with a slightly wonky placement of the 3mm Allen key 😳 when it’s set up it’s great, calms the rear of the pike and make pikes feel so-so
Love mine, as above very controlled. It can feel underwhelming on the car park test (mentioned by a few mates as sluggish compared to their fox ctds) then I just leave them for dead on anything rocky/roots! 😀 Just reduced HSR damping by a click from the supplied tune to give a little more pop.
I was a bit sceptical at first, i thought that too much tunability would lead to confusion and a fair degree of f##king it up. But i took my time following the instructions that came with the shock and in the process learned a fair bit about what i like and how to achieve it.
Fantastic shock and absolutely brilliant service from TFTuned when the first one developed an oil leak 2 days before a race. They sent me out another next day delivery and i sent the faulty one back a few days later.
Keeps leaking air could be dry seals they said. If it is not impressed as I was told it would be stripped down and all seals checked prior to sending out to me.
I have seen pics of this shock mounted upsidedown on Cube Stereo 160 HPC. However CC dont list it as a fit, but do now list a base tune. Im aware that people have gently filed the aircan to aid clearance, and yet others have used offset bushes at 90 degrees to generate a few mm clearance. Has anyone on here done it? Or got a ride buddy who has?
Id love to fit one, but im scared of the £400 experiment…
The accounts i have read either say it will fit, or they are using some grip/friction paste and a little more torque. The accounts say they havnt rotated….
The accounts i have read either say it will fit, or they are using some grip/friction paste and a little more torque. The accounts say they havnt rotated….
mine started playing up after a couple of rides and got progressively worse. High speed rebound way too fast, and shock sounding like a budgie chirping down the trail.
Bike is now back in the shop, 2.5 weeks and counting with no sign or clue as to how long this is going to take.
Still at least i got to ride it a few times, had it 3 weeks before taking it back.
On another note i ordered some handlebars at the same time, that was 5.5 weeks ago….no sign of them turning up either!
Had one on my orange Gyro for 2 months now and around 1000 miles. Amazing shock but unfortunately its started to squeak like mad on a fast compression and rebound. Not too impressed after 2 months use.
there does seem to be issues, i was told mine was a ‘common problem’. Not sure how they have fared after being repaired, I’m a little concerned about repetitive problems, especially as it looks like its going to be at least 3 to 4 weeks turnaround time.
Well mine is working just fine, the first one was a dud but replaced pronto by Tf Tuned. The 2nd has taken a right battering and is still faultless. Amazing shock 🙂
Mine died, a negative seal flipped meaning that air escaped into the negative champer and wouldnt pump up.
Specialized replaced it immeadiatley with a Monarch as they can’t fix them and its obviously a known issue.
Shame as the shock worked really nice. But with 90 parts or whatever it was never lasting.
I’m probably going to take the plunge and get an Ohlins TTX to replace the DB inline on my enduro. The DB inline felt like it had potential but I’m concerned over reliability and i felt like i was always trying to make it work for me rather than it simply feeling great. This was clearly down to whatever the problem was/is with mine but i want something i can rely on.
For those that have felt a “step” in the first part of the shock, have you tried it with the chain off? I mentioned this before by my spitty has a good amount of chain growth which plays havoc with clutch mechs and gives a distinct feeling of resistance..
mine has the step also. cane creek said it was normal and caused by the negative air spring. Thing is it didn’t do it at first, not until after the shock had been removed and some more volume spacers added.
I did a review of my Inline and Cane Creek later got in touch with a comment on the reliability issues, just thought I’d share as I expect some fellow owners may be interested…
Fair one that they could actually be bothered to respond to your blog. A lot of companies would not gove a s**t.
My first Inline died within a week when oil started leaking out the rebound adjuster. TF Tuned worked some magic and sent me another ASAP as i was racing a few days later. The second one has been absolutely faultless. It has taken some serious abuse and is still going strong.
