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Title: LTK on a 855
Post by: mootsguy on February 10, 2009, 11:13:50 am: Help me! I have recently purchased a LTK kit (The last one produced by Rapid Descent) and in mounting it on my 855 for testing purposes I noticed that the top of the shock body (it is still the original Pro Flex shock) hits the bottom of the seat tube long before reaching the travel limit. I do have a Risse Genesis on the way to use and that raises the question of whether or not I will encounter the same problem using the Genesis?

The very obvious solution is to cut the bottom of the seat tube of flat, but the question is is there a better and more elegant solution?

Thanks in advance for any advice.
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: shovelon on February 10, 2009, 12:02:22 pm: Need pictures please.

This sounds like an interesting project. ;D
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: orange on February 10, 2009, 12:18:38 pm: couple of stock pictures if this helps:

(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/456/longtravelkitnq3.jpg)

(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7916/longtravelkiton855ji0.jpg)
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: Willie_B on February 10, 2009, 12:24:04 pm: The blue bike is mine. I have been told that the kit I have is not an LTK kit but a similar one from Canada. Not had any time to play with it yet though.
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: mootsguy on February 10, 2009, 12:30:24 pm: Here is a closer look at my issue, keep in mind that the original shock is going to be replaced:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Mootsguy/855_1.jpg?t=1234297677)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Mootsguy/855_2.jpg?t=1234297706)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Mootsguy/855_3.jpg?t=1234297738)

If you look closely at the first and second pictures you can see where I put a dab of grease and then compressed the suspension which left a spot of grease on the bottom of the seat tube. I am perplexed.
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: mootsguy on February 10, 2009, 12:32:25 pm: BTW, the 854 which can barely be seen will soon be for sale as a frameset only. It is in primo condition excepting the elastomers of course.
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: orange on February 10, 2009, 01:50:15 pm: Have you asked Callum for advice about this issue?
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: mootsguy on February 10, 2009, 02:12:40 pm: Quote from: orange on February 10, 2009, 01:50:15 pm
Have you asked Callum for advice about this issue?

I haven't yet as I was kind of hoping that he would check in here first. Just lazy on my part I guess.
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: orange on February 10, 2009, 02:20:11 pm: He comes and goes, but isn't on that often... (just checked - last on 26 days ago - benefits of being Admin ;) )

Best way to contact him is via the forum on his website. I think he may check that more often than his emails/PMs etc.
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: mootsguy on February 10, 2009, 02:43:37 pm: Thanks big O I will try and contact him at his forum.

BTW, are you the same Orange that hangs out at Retrobike?
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: orange on February 10, 2009, 11:30:47 pm: :-[ Yes ;D
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: mootsguy on February 11, 2009, 07:47:19 am: Quote from: orange on February 10, 2009, 11:30:47 pm
:-[ Yes ;D

Nice place that one...... 8)
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: shovelon on February 11, 2009, 08:54:15 am: Me thinks you have no options here other than to carve a slight radius on the seatmast to cradle the shock. That is what I would do.

Or sell the kit to me. ;D

Callum could probably advise better.
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: mootsguy on February 11, 2009, 10:27:16 am: Yeah, I was thinking that modifying the seattube was about the only choice I might have. Hoping that Callum will have a better idea though since the seattubes in all other pictures are not modified.

Makes me wonder if the kit was the 97/98 kit rather than the 95/96.
Title: Re: LTK on a 855
Post by: rapiddescent on February 26, 2009, 01:37:34 pm: crikey - I didn't even have that leaflet !!!
those zeberdee springs were laugh a minute. turned the hi-5 and the chubbies into usable forks. excpet that you couldn't run disk brakes because they made the legs too fat!!

callum