Somehow, in a non-vented fork, that does not make sense to me. My logic says that this gas is compressed when ever the forks are (since the oil does not compress much) and, as such, must have some effect all the time. Surely with a large volume this effect is negligable until the end of travel, but as the volume decreases the effect magnifies throughout said travel. Is this not what we are talking about--reducing the air volume? You must know something I don't... FL Kev
--- Louis Tweed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The oil height only changes the compression rate of > the fork during the > last 10-15% of it's travel. (bottoming resistance). > I have been giving > some thought to overhauling my own shocks when they > go bad. It really > is simple. I found rebuilding my WR shock was > easier than rebuilding my > WR forks. I might even install a Gold Valve or > other aftermarket > piston. Suspension tweaking is fun. :-) If anyone > has some valving > recomendations I would be interested in hearing > them. I haven't looked > into the Piston posibilities yet because my > suspension is fine for now. > Louis > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I wish you well. Just sharing previous experience > of former attempts by > >various manufacturers to do the same thing. None of > them happen to be doing > >it any more. Fox Air shox comes to mind right off. > Another example would be > >how the forks (antiquated front suspension and > steering devices) used to use > >compressed air as the spring or spring assist. Fork > manufacturers got away > >from that practice and actually started going the > other way to providing a > >way to bleed of the pressurized air. Nowadays, on > those dinosaurs that still > >use forks, they use the free air space as a tuning > tool. It is becoming > >increasingly common for manufacturers to quote fork > oil levels when > >discussing the correct amount of oil in the fork. > If a person wants to > >stiffen the forks, they can add 5mm or 10 mm fork > oil level. Again, they are > >controlling the free air space above the fluid, the > actual volume of fluid > >being increased is not the deciding factor. > >RSRBOB > > > > > >. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com
