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comatosegi Added a reply to Shock Suggestions?
3/25/2026 2:58pm Just a heads up, 2026 X2/DHX2 has a small adjustment window. It’s a design compromise of the monotube design with a shimmed base valve. The aftermarket CL70 tune might work well on the Regulator, depending on your weight and compression preference. I would suggest you try a coil, since your bike has the progression for it, hard to match that...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker
3/25/2026 12:25am
My understanding is that manufacturers mostly build carbon frames from the ground up (as opposed to being assembled from pre-manufactured tubes, a la Atherton Bikes), and that layup patterns don't vary much or at all between sizes ( with a few notable exceptions). But that might be old wisdom on my part, and perhaps the industry is more sophisticated in the way it designs layup patternds now. Maybe everyone is tuning thickness and layup pattern between sizes, but only a few brands are explicitly advertising it. Here's an example of Unno's layup for the Dash 130:
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PUSH Industries Liked a reply to forum topic Coil Shock Shootout
11/30/2025 1:55am
" If you have a PUSH SV8, and a Fox DHX, it is easier to change the base valve tune on the fully shimmed DHX, and there are many more options available, than the poppet system of the SV8. " The above statement is incorrect when referring to the design and architecture of the two products. It requires similar tools and time to disassemble and reassemble both products and change the base vlave tuning. When it comes to tuning, you also have a similar range of damping characteristics that can be created. With that being said, I now understand that...
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TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic Coil Shock Shootout
11/30/2025 1:55am
This 100% - peoole get too hung up on single details about a damper without inderstanding it only makes up for a tiny fraction of the performance - you can make almost any damper curve with multiple different valves but some will be easier than others, so each manufacturer will prioritise what they think achieves their specific goals. A "poppet" can be combined with a shimmed main piston to be linear or even progressive, while shims on both can be extremely digressive, there is a lot more to is than the basic valve design. Also "poppet" gets used a blanket...
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comatosegi Added a comment about bike check Santa Cruz Nomad CC Custom Build
11/21/2025 7:10pm
I agree. I would take a 38 with DH tires vs 40 with EXO. All that bling and then cheap out over one of the most important parts of the bike.
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Digit Bikes Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/20/2025 9:36pm
In honor of the 1000th page, we should vote on the best meme of 2025: 👍🏻 for “Crab” 👎🏻 for “6-7” edit: Carcinization is the antithesis of innovation. Maybe we should keep crab talk on the crab talk forum and keep this thread focused on MTB tech rumors and/or innovation.
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comatosegi Added a reply to Coil Shock Shootout
11/19/2025 2:28pm Sorry if this sounds reductive, but what basics have been done? What shock is on the bike currently, sag level, low speed compression adjustments? There is a bunch of great shocks out there, sounds weird that you need to go electronic to make a Smuggler with a decent platform pedal reasonably.
comatosegi Added a reply to BIKES PARKS IN BC
11/19/2025 1:43pm Another vote for Sun Peaks, its a big park, you can do more days there. Village is small and cozy, so not sure what your wife’s expectations are, its not Whistler village but it checks the block.
comatosegi Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/13/2025 12:01pm Mid high pivot, seems to be the best compromise. You get the square edge performance with more neutral cornering and jumping character. And Forbidden is still unique because of the true proportional sizing, which I think is still the key sell point. I am terrible judge of aesthetics.
comatosegi Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/13/2025 11:53am Sorry, I really don’t have any inside info, just a bike nerd that got to bother Owen for 10 minutes. I wouldn’t count on V3s anytime soon. With the way the bike industry is going, they probably need focus their capital allocation on getting enough Druid-Es to dealers and customers. In PDX Cyclepath only got about ~8 of them and...
comatosegi Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/12/2025 4:11pm There isn’t a downside, you would get more dropper insertion with the new design. They also made the LR more linear progressive instead of the ramp at the last 1/3rd. Owen told me they did that because shocks didn’t have HBO when they started designing the V2. With the HBO they didn’t need that ramp anymore and were limited on...
TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic Coil Shock Shootout
11/6/2025 9:17am
Main piston is shimmed for compression and rebound in all Push shocks, the adjuster uses a coil spring backed valve with no shims and adjustable preload for HSC. The standard bomber CR also uses a spring backed valve but its a very stiff belleville washer instead of a coil, and no shims either. At a distance they have similar basic architecture but the actual execution is very different Some kind of preloaded valve usually works well at the base valve - its rare to see a regular unpreloaded shimstack in the reservoir. It helps maintain back pressure on the main...
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comatosegi Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
11/6/2025 9:05am Same as the other responses. I do wear out the rotor with red semi pads.
comatosegi Added a reply to MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
11/4/2025 9:21am Norco should be in production soon.
comatosegi Added a comment about product review Loam Dropper Gen 2
11/4/2025 9:12am
My guess is a lot of riders didn’t know they need to add air to the dropper once in a while, going to a nitrogen cartridge reduces those issues for most riders.
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comatosegi Added a reply to Suspension Component Technology/Functionality Discussion
10/29/2025 1:13am I kinda agree that the Secus already addressed these issues. There is no replacement for displacement, expanding lower and negative volumes in an external device was pretty innovative engineering.
comatosegi Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
10/28/2025 11:55pm I have early run Pros, so those probably shipped with them from the get go. I have a set of the DHR Evos with the updated lever adjustment from early 2024 and those still have the old hose.
comatosegi Added a reply to Nerding out on Brakes shall we? Not another tech deraliment
10/27/2025 11:04pm TRP made a running change to the hoses, they added a stiff plastic liner. I didn’t know about this when installing my Pros and kinked it twice. Ran it the entire season like that and didn’t have any issues. Apparently the soft hoses were causing the soft bite point.
TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a comment about Feature MRP Lift Damper Long-Term Review
10/25/2025 3:42pm
Great review by the way, I've been enjoying a lot of the recent reviews on here, especially with the follow up discussions that add more detail and long term impression of the product in the real world! It feels much more useful for the end user, or someone like me who is selling product but doesn't get to spend a lot of time on every single new thing that gets launched
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NoahColorado Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
10/23/2025 7:10pm
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