Re:
It's been a beautiful day here today so I decided to take the EPO out for a proper shakedown.
No issues at all with setup or position on the bike, although slow-speed steering feels a little vague compared to what I'm used to. Once it's picked up some speed it feels better... maybe that's what happens with raked-out front ends...?
I made a conscious effort not to bob the forks on the climbs so I could monitor the travel on the way down, and by the time I got home according to the green o-ring (as seen in the last pic) I'd blown-through all the travel! I may try to boost the mid-stroke on compression a little, but it actually felt really nice on the way down! There were a few rocks set into the track which the front end just absorbed on landing without issue, and at no point did it seem to dive too much under braking either, so I don't think the base fork tune (set according to DVOs own weight guides) is too far off!
Only niggles are stones flinging up under the little fork deflector and the sound of an occasional stone pinging off the carbon down tube, so I'll have to find something to protect that I think!
In the second picture you can make out between the trees the ferry 'Loch Seaforth' heading on its way to Ullapool, and in the fourth one is 'Lews Castle'.
It's been a beautiful day here today so I decided to take the EPO out for a proper shakedown.
No issues at all with setup or position on the bike, although slow-speed steering feels a little vague compared to what I'm used to. Once it's picked up some speed it feels better... maybe that's what happens with raked-out front ends...?
I made a conscious effort not to bob the forks on the climbs so I could monitor the travel on the way down, and by the time I got home according to the green o-ring (as seen in the last pic) I'd blown-through all the travel! I may try to boost the mid-stroke on compression a little, but it actually felt really nice on the way down! There were a few rocks set into the track which the front end just absorbed on landing without issue, and at no point did it seem to dive too much under braking either, so I don't think the base fork tune (set according to DVOs own weight guides) is too far off!
Only niggles are stones flinging up under the little fork deflector and the sound of an occasional stone pinging off the carbon down tube, so I'll have to find something to protect that I think!
In the second picture you can make out between the trees the ferry 'Loch Seaforth' heading on its way to Ullapool, and in the fourth one is 'Lews Castle'.
