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got about two months on my 2013 888 evo ti. loving it! while changing oil i went ahead and pull the cartridges out to see how its all put together. I must say the quality is a huge improvement over what they were putting out with the previous models. thoroughly impressed! its whats on the inside that counts. The C2R wil likely be my next rear shock.

had this issue with '09 888s (their darker days). the fix on that fork was a 20 cent thin washer, tightened it right up. no more clunking.

but does it work with 27.5'' wheels?

not rally counting Gwin yet as its too early to tell, but he does seem slightly off his pace and focus, and after all pre season he still making changes and looking for something with bike setup. But none of the big names have done real well on Spec. Look at Hill, he had some decent days here and there, but never looked like himself and never was able to build momentum through a season. Now that hes on a different bike hes got his form back and looks to be a serious contender. If it is a bike related issue and not something else with their team program and I had to guess at what the "problem" is, Id say its that heavy rear end. There's a thing called un-sprung weight and the Demo has an ass load of it! Neg prop me all you want.

everybody knows MX racing is the easiest sport out there... So easy in fact even a ginger can dominate ;)

I think gear box with belt drive is where we will eventually end up. how long though, who knows. progression of technology is only increasing exponentially.

getting neg propped for wanting something self serviceable... Hilarious. For many riders they may go a season before frying oil. And for some of us who average 5 days a week for 6 months straight on trails that aren't buffed. It just dont work. I'll send my RC4 in for service, be out for two weeks while I wait. Once it does come back its beautiful...for about 3 weeks. Then the oil is fried and dampening goes to shit. I put up with it for now. Next purchase is a new rear shock. I couldn't even consider running a sealed cartridge fork. Unless the oil can be changed in my garage. As for quality of forks. Watching my buddies Boxxer WC solo air, one of the most expensive main stream forks out there, go to shit in 3 months wasn't very reassuring of what RS is doing. They cant even guarantee their lowers will be straight. Go look at any boxxer and I bet you 8 out of 10 will have the wheel off center or cockeyed. Its even mentioned in their black box program that the pros get lowers that are re-machined to "improve alignment". Weak.

This is why i will never buy a fox fork.

There is a way to do it. A combination of a shimano detailer and any 1:1 ratio shift pod. There is an article about how to do it. Think it was on Vital website.