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 [...]
Rockshox Revelation RC, 35mm compliance / harsh issue fix
Beginning in 2017 Rockshox released their A2 version Revelation fork that boasts 35mm stanchions and boost spacing chassis with their DebonAir air spring. It has come to our attention that quite [...]
Trunnion Mount Adapter Kits
The latest craze in the never-ending shock evolution has been the rear shock trunnion mount. The use of threaded bolts requires a more complex reducer hardware. Dirtlabs has the ability to [...]
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 [...]
Fork travel Change
Fork travel changes can be confusing. While we won’t go into depth on ride characteristics associated with increasing or decreasing travel here, head tube angle, bottom bracket height, [...]
Changing your fork offset – Can it be done?
Fork offset, trail, shorter? longer?! Undoubtably offset has an impact on your ride. Fox, Rockshox, MRP, and others are all offering up forks in different offset options. While I will not belabor [...]
Trek Top Fuel shock compliance issues
The Trek Top Fuel is a race machine and is because of this the suspension is tuned for optimal pedal efficiency. Over the past year we have seen a large number of customers complain of the Fox [...]
Long shocks and stroke modifications
The topic of “long shocking” frames is one we hear a lot. Frame manufactures like Santa Cruz with their Hightower, and may others specify shocks that have limited stroke for their [...]