It ramped up perfectly and my 3-foot hucks to flat and g-outs stopped about 3mm short of bottoming out. It was doing everything right - climbing, rolling terrain and flats, descending, standing, sitting, climb switch on, climb switch off - it was smile inducing. I suspect the Marzocchi handles the fast stuff better, but the DVO stays in the mid stroke better (which comes in handy on steep, slow, techy gnar). I want to swap the Diamond with my Marzocchi 350 NCR to see what differences I notice between the forks. On to the next experiment, now that the rear of the bike is dialed (and the DVO Diamond fork is doing great too). Now, let's just hope the CC Inline doesn't blow up, like so many have.
THIS is what I was hoping for when I bought this bike. I could not stop smiling, and I actually giggled out loud a few times. I felt like I had one of those illegal electric motors in the bottom bracket! I definitely hit the sweet spot of the suspension, and matched the intention of the VPP as executed on this frame. I put down some seriously fast descents on my usual test tracks, but perhaps equally important was the bike's manners on rolling terrain, and gentle climbs. Turns out I needed 200 psi to get it just right. I did it over and over again until I was convinced I nailed it. Sag is hard to set and measure on your own. Last night after installing the spacer I made an extra effort to get the sag just right - 17mm - 30%. Too little sag, and the rear end starts skipping around on trail chatter and repetitive hits, and it doesn't climb tech as well. Too much sag, and you blow through the travel too quickly and it wallows a bit. I expected to be able to reach sag with less air pressure, but it took the same amount.Ībout sag - I discovered that sag is critical to VPP suspension, or at least the Tracer version of it.
So, last night I installed one large volume reducer (it took about three minutes, and no tools, and the shock stayed on the bike). It was great, BUT, I think the extra leverage and travel calls for a volume reduction spacer. It was super smooth on stutter bumps, trail chatter and repetitive holes. I moved the Cane Creek into the 160mm position yesterday and took it to my favorite testing grounds. In my last post, I talked about changing the Jade for the Cane Creek Inline.
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