Stumpjumper evo cascade link

Stealth add/real work experience

Anyone running a SJ Evo without cascade or with? Heard that it’s better to get the cascade to run a coil which I would like to do. Anyway running a coil without one? Prefer trying to get one in country rather than pay international postage.

Huggggeeee thread on mtbr with lots of info about what you’re asking.

What do you weigh?

I’m 75kg in my birthday suit and run a ttx coil with a 525 to 600lb springdex with literally no issues, stock link, I usually use wrp mullet yoke but it feels the same with the stock yoke too.

Cascade link requires you to increase your spring rate so you’d end up using a pretty hefty spring in this case.

Any other questions let me know.

I’ve a cascade in a standard 2019 (so…orig 140mm travel) stumpy….

I think it’s fab, and with an AIR (CCDB AIR) shock it feels really bottomless AND progressive…

Will be great with coil I reckon.

DrP

Haven’t those bikes got a reputation for side loading and breaking coil shocks? To do with the yoke arrangement – effectively lengthens the shock. I think specialized originally did one with a fox coil but started replacing them  with air.

In which case if you’re going for it I’d try and pick a shock with a big diameter shock shaft like a DVO as they’re specced on Ripmos which also have a yoke arrangement.

I’ve got a cascade link on my sentinel and it’s great – ups the progression through the stroke which makes it fantastic with a coil shock.

I ran one on mine, to attempt to fix my generic feedback of the bike (great geometry, let down by mediocre suspension).

Fundamentally it sort of fixed the issue, but it couldn’t solve the fact that a 210×55 shock is pushing it IMO for a 150mm travel bike with low progressivity. The Cascade link introduced another set of issues in that you were then running the same shock, on a 160mm travel bike. Hence the crazy spring rates for ‘normal’ people.

Clevis mount & high leverage ratio is a recipe for lots of shock servicing/failure.

I’ve got a Stumpjumper Evo, and think it works well with the stock Float X.

It’s not designed to be a super-plush winch and plummet DH plough, that’s what the Enduro is.

It’s at it’s best as a poppy and playful trail bike with a little extra margin for error and tons of adjustability.

I had a coil on my previous bike, a 2017 YT Jeffsy 29. I do like them, and they make the bike feel plusher. If I was going to fit one to my SJE, which at the moment I wouldn’t, I’d go for one with a hydraulic bottom out like the Rockshox.

Maybe it’s just the riding I do, but in the Alps on my Jeffsy, I quite often found myself feeling underbiked. On the SJE so far I never have.

I am on the heavier side so I think that’s not the best to start with this suspension design

Have heard that is one of the main issues is the shorter shock stroke

If I was going to go with the coil it would be the newer B1 super deluxe as they have been strengthened and are now apparently compatible

Starting to think I should stick with the AM9 I was riding previously

I have rode an Enduro and it’s definitely not what I’m looking for, you can just lean back and plough but it takes a lot more body input to move it around. There is also a lot less feedback and the ‘fun factor’ that I like from a bike

Have you already got the SJ Evo? If not the Transition Sentinel is a similar kind of bike and plays nicer with a coil shock