And today I did......

[velomaniac]

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Kaiser Wrote:

Take any help you can get, theoretically we aren't going to get any better as we get older might as well make it easier using modern methods. No point hamstringin yersell with tiny wheels and rubbish brakes and suspension.

Right !!! Get Out and take your new fangled nonsense with you :shock:

Sacrilege !!!! We will not have your consorting with the hellish miscreants of modernity here :x

 

[gmac123]

Aye g, I think I'll flip the shock round the 'right' way, don''t know if it actually makes a difference, but the rebound and compression controls are probably easier to reach right way round..

dohh, I assumed it was by design

also got to the start of something beautiful

DSC00940 by gmac123, on Flickr

lovely modernness with a retro jacket on

 

[RobMac]

dohh, I assumed it was by design

It is, its so that the weather and the muck can enter the seals easier.

 

[DynaCol]

Aye g, I think I'll flip the shock round the 'right' way, don''t know if it actually makes a difference, but the rebound and compression controls are probably easier to reach right way round...

It might be a tight fit the other way round as it looks like the cables are routed under the toptube so it is probably the right way round as it is.

 

[RobMac]

Aye g, I think I'll flip the shock round the 'right' way, don''t know if it actually makes a difference, but the rebound and compression controls are probably easier to reach right way round...

It might be a tight fit the other way round as it looks like the cables are routed under the toptube so it is probably the right way round as it is.

I came to the same conclusion Col but check this out.

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FRTITRKALUR ... arch-shock

BTW I made own conclusion before I found that link.

 

[DynaCol]

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That looks better right enough, some numpty has just installed it the wrong way round then

 

[RobMac]

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Naw in fairness I've seen that done a lot.
When I looked at the frame I had my designers head on, I knew there's a good slope on the top tube thus the wet/weather would run down the shock stanchion straight into the seals.

 

[DynaCol]

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It won't make any difference to its function I suppose other than for access the propedal lever as zz says. Should be a nice looking bike once it's built.

 

[RobMac]

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Designers head on again, with the pro lever that close to the top tube you 'may' have to push the lever fully over with one hand and have to use your other hand to fully push it back over. Or, if its under slung you have full function with either hand.

 

[clubby]

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Naw in fairness I've seen that done a lot.
When I looked at the frame I had my designers head on, I knew there's a good slope on the top tube thus the wet/weather would run down the shock stanchion straight into the seals.

Just like every set of suspension forks you own