Fork travel

[Old Proflexer]

i use my lock out and change the damping quite a bit during a ride -

i'd be interested in that SPV cartridge, cost and function -

let us know, could be worth looking at -

OP

[Dennis]

as some of you may remember, I put a Fox Talas R fork on the front of my Oz. I really like the way it works, but have ended up with it set at around 90 mm of travel. Sometimes I increase it for downhills, but the trouble is that on the trails I ride, there are mostly short steep downhills followed immediately by short steep uphills and no time to mess around with adjusting shocks or forks.
I checked out the stratos site and they have an Inertial Damper upgrade for the Talas, sounds like a must do for the winter for me.
also, while cruising around the web, I came across PUSH industries. they do stable platform rebuilds on fox rear shocks. trouble is, the fox float rear shocks do not come in 8.25" lengths, only 7.875. the talas rear comes in 8.25, but PUSH does not list a stable platform upgrade for the talas. I currently run an astro 5 in the back, a great shock, so I emailed PUSH to see if they would do an upgrade on it. I'll let you guys know what they say. seems all of a sudden I have a need for new generation shocks.

Here's the link for PUSH:

http://www.pushindustries.com/  

Questions:

1. has anyone done a 7.875" shock on an Oz? does it screw it up? it would lower bb height a bit, maybe good for me with the minimal SO clearance, but I do like not worrying about bottoming the bike.

2.I think it would be real cool to put a 5th element air on the Oz, but don't think it comes in the right size. anyone have any ideas on this? thanks.  

3. Does anyone have experience with the propedal fox shocks? how well does it work?

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[Simon]

 

Questions:

1. has anyone done a 7.875" shock on an Oz? does it screw it up? it would lower bb height a bit, maybe good for me with the minimal SO clearance, but I do like not worrying about bottoming the bike.



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Dennis
I don't know if I'm being much help here but I did ride proflexGB's evo with a shorter I2I sid shock,I can't remember the I2I length but I think 190mm/7.5" or may of been 200mm,see said I may not be much help, but for my height 6'1" and long legged I felt like I was sitting in the bike and not on it,I also had a problem with the cranks hitting the ground,it was also running 80mm travel fox forx's that may account to the fact I didn't notice a slackening in the head angle,steered fine to me,proflexGB though loved the setup but he is shorter than me and shorter in the leg maybe thats the reason or maybe he's just used to it,I did also notice the s/arm very nearly fouled the frame on full compression.
Simon.