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frazzle Added a comment about feature Trek's 2018 Mountain Bikes Feature Shocks Unlike Anything You've Seen Before
7/12/2017 2:48pm
I misunderstood what your meaning by twin tube. I was thinking of cane creek DB and Fox X2 as they call themselves a twin tube design aswell. But that is very different to what the automotive industry call a twin tube. The problem I could see with an automotive style twin tube in an mtb would be that it always has to be orientated vertically and the oil in the reserve tube could be prone to mixing with air over rough ground. Marzocchi have used this design in there forks before. It seems a bladder design would be just as...
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frazzle Added a comment about feature Trek's 2018 Mountain Bikes Feature Shocks Unlike Anything You've Seen Before
7/12/2017 12:53pm
Both Mono tube and Twin tube shocks have to have an IFP to compensate for the oil displaced by the shaft as it compresses.The difference between them is the way the oil flows through the damping circuits.
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frazzle Added a comment about feature Vital MTB Face Off: The Best Tire Insert Systems
6/14/2017 10:05pm
Would have been nice to see a baseline in the tests of just a standard tubeless setup(same tire/rim combo as the rest) to see how it would compare to the inserts, especially for the kerb test. Would be surprised to see any rim damage with that DH tire and pressure even without an insert.
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