Author Topic: LTK on a 855 (Read 4607 times)

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.

shovelon · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2009, 12:02:22 pm »

Need pictures please.

This sounds like an interesting project.

orange · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2009, 12:18:38 pm »

couple of stock pictures if this helps:

Willie_B · « **Reply #3 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.

mootsguy · « **Reply #4 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:

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.

mootsguy · « **Reply #5 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.

orange · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2009, 01:50:15 pm »

Have you asked Callum for advice about this issue?

mootsguy · « **Reply #7 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.

orange · « **Reply #8 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.

mootsguy · « **Reply #9 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?

orange · « **Reply #10 on:** February 10, 2009, 11:30:47 pm »

Yes

mootsguy · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2009, 07:47:19 am »

Quote from: orange on February 10, 2009, 11:30:47 pm

Yes

Nice place that one......

shovelon · « **Reply #12 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.

Callum could probably advise better.

mootsguy · « **Reply #13 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.

rapiddescent · « **Reply #14 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!!

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