Cold Weather Suspension Tips
As summer days give way to fall and temperatures begin to dip, the shift in the weather affects your suspension. This time of year is often characterized by cool mornings and hot afternoons, and [...]
MTB 4 WMN
At Dirtlabs, we approach mountain biking from a suspension perspective, and from that view point, there’s not really a suspension set up specific to women riders. Women shred, we know that. We [...]
Fox DPX2 vs Float X2
The DPX2 has been the latest and greatest release out of Fox and has dominated the medium / high rear shock OEM from Pivot, Transition, Yeti, Santa Cruz, and more. The shock is a complete revamp [...]
Charger Damper High Speed Low Speed Modification
Rockshox RCT3 charger damper does a pretty darn good job in their Pike and Lyrik A1 and B1 Models (Prior to the Charger 2) but there is ample room for improvement. In our Charger JB2 Tune [...]
Is the Vorsprung Fit4 Fractive Kit Worth it?
We have said it before in our is tuning worth it article : A custom tuned fork damper can elevate performance well beyond that of the stock setup by “shifting the bell curve” and also [...]
Trek Thru Shaft Slow Rebound Fix
The Trek Re:active thru shaft technology has its advantages in terms of transition from compression to rebound. With a designing missing the internal floating piston, IFP, comes some some issues. [...]
How a custom tune can extend the life of your bike
The industry moves in a similar fashion as Danny Hart’s World Cup win on a muddy course in 2011 – traction and precision at one point, complete slop the next. Industry standards rise [...]