I was kind of shocked when I got the fork and found that the elastomers felt fresh. It had been sitting around forever. Back in the day, in the 80's, I worked for YETI cycles and they hooked me up with a bike with a Manitou elastomer fork. The elastomers went bad within two years and I replaced them with Speed Springs. I'll run the elastomers for now in my Quadra. I have found that the effects on the handling are minimal. Back in the day, all the mountain bikes were designed around a ridgid fork and adding a short travel aftermarket fork was the norm. Blue and Green clash? I need to update my wardrobe..... Boing boing to all... Clayton
On Jan 27, 9:45 pm, Atlantean <[email protected]> wrote: > David, something tells me you are right! But you know, it doesn't look > bad on there at all. Some say suspension forks don't go with lugged > frames, but that's about like that nun telling us in 3rd grade that > "Blue and green clash. They are screaming at one another!" at which > point she wadded up some devastated little girl's art paper and threw > it in the trash. But *ahem* I digress. Sorry. Are fresh elastomers > available for those old forks? I thought they got hard with age. > Anyway, as tall as a stock Atlantis fork is, I doubt that fork changed > the handling much. Something with more than 1.5" of travel of course > would. > > Coils & oil for me. But my Atlantis is still unsprung. > > On Jan 27, 9:45 pm, David Estes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So is it just me, or do I see the subject of a future Bike Snob/RTMS posting > > here? > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Shaun Meehan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Pretty eclectic set-up. I like it. If that Quadra is doing the job for you > > > and you're not wishing for smoother, better damped, more adjustable > > > (etc.) suspension travel, you might just want to consider keeping it. It > > > looks decent and (from my experience) when you get into the higher end > > > forks > > > with oil cartridges, air springs, etc., you're talking about considerably > > > more maintenance. I had a Quadra years ago and you never have to do a > > > thing > > > to it other than clean the seals and lube the stanchions once in a great > > > while. > > > > Shaun Meehan Thanks Shaun, I am going to stop looking and keep the Quadra. Now I will hunt for Speed Springs. It is cold here, and the elastomers really harden up when the temperature gets down into the single digits. Boing boing. Clayton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
