WTB: Rear Air Shock for 857

[Oracle]

Hi All,

Tax return is in so I'm now in the market to replace my aging Nospleen NR4 on the rear of my medium sized Proflex 857.

Seat eyelet to strut length of the NR4 is 195mm, so I'm looking for an Air Shock a little shorter than the above; as I will loose some distance with an  attachment (yet to make) that will allow an eye-eye shock to conncet with the struts.

Ideally I'd prefer the airshock to have lockout (well semi lockout considering air will compress), so something like  DT Swiss SSD-240L, or Cane Creek Cloud 9 etc.

Anyhow feel free to pm my any offers!

Cheers, Lee

[Carbon_Angus]

what about a risse? a genesis will bolt right on

[Oracle]

what about a risse? a genesis will bolt right on

A Risse, sure thing mate; although I'd prefer the Astro-5 over the genesis for the rear.  Seems they get snapped up quick on this site though and I don't make it in regularly... hence my posting this thread!

Are the Astro-5's reasonably easy to service (similar to the DT Swiss SSD & Cane Creek Cloud 9) as living in Oz I'm a long way from an "official service centre" so to speak?

Cheers, Lee

[Carbon_Angus]

they are supposed to be very user servicable. but i do not have first hand expereince.

all of them the genesis, astor-5 and terminator....

[shovelon]

  I have two genisis front shocks. They are light and tight, and very linear in compression, which can be tuned with oil level I suppose.

 I really like them. I wish there was a service proceedure for them, as I would like to do my own tuning such as playing with the shims and oil viscosity.

 From my experience, the genesis for crosslinks and vectors are way overdamped. The boys at Risse are determined to reshim as opposed to finer oil.

 There used to be a distributer in the UK for Risse, was there any service data?

Terry