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How to lighten a Glory DH
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flag dlowebiker
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 20:57 Quote
ptsgrafitti21 wrote:
fyi for everybody ti springs compared to fox steel springs save 30 grams
fox springs are really lite

they save way more than 30 grams you lose half a pound. and i run tubeless on all my other bikes but not dh. you dont have to worry about pressure and leaks if you do it write. otherwise you can buy the notubes kit but that cost a lot more than just buying some bmx tubes and making it yourself.
flag konastinkyrider2
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 20:57 Quote
taylorironhorse wrote:
Yea I was thinking about running that ghetto tubeless kit by Stans but it sounds like it's really difficult to convert it.

na man i ran it on my stinky a year go and it worked super well just make sure you have tubeless tires...its not to hard to install...
flag taylorglorydh
FL
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 21:00 Quote
Yea I have tubeless dh tires but im worried that the tires will not hold during rocky dh runs cause they might roll off the rim.
flag taylorglorydh
FL
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 21:01 Quote
dlowebiker wrote:
ptsgrafitti21 wrote:
fyi for everybody ti springs compared to fox steel springs save 30 grams
fox springs are really lite

they save way more than 30 grams you lose half a pound. and i run tubeless on all my other bikes but not dh. you dont have to worry about pressure and leaks if you do it write. otherwise you can buy the notubes kit but that cost a lot more than just buying some bmx tubes and making it yourself.
Yes you do save about half a pound, i switched my spring on my fox vanilla to an rcs spring and it was sooooo much lighter than the steel. Almost a half pound.
flag dlowebiker
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 21:03 Quote
dont worry about your tires rolling off. only way it will go off if your running like under 20 psi
flag taylorglorydh
FL
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 21:05 Quote
dlowebiker wrote:
dont worry about your tires rolling off. only way it will go off if your running like under 20 psi
Aight cool
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Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 21:17 Quote
ok i have an rcs and a fox spring
and i have weighed them
trust me
flag signorvince2
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 21:20 Quote
ptsgrafitti21 wrote:
ok i have an rcs and a fox spring
and i have weighed them
trust me

Not much weight to be saved.

http://www.sicklines.com/weights/rearshocks
flag dlowebiker
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 21:32 Quote
according to the chart my steel spring vs a ti saves like half a pound.
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Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 21:35 Quote
well read that
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-196121.html
flag dlowebiker
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 21:38 Quote
what are you trying to prove? if i personally was changing springs i would save half a pound.
flag taylorglorydh
FL
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 21:56 Quote
Lets get a little bit more on task with lightening a stock Glory DH.
flag AqueousBeef
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 22:44 Quote
Drill holes in the Bash!
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flag iggz
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 22:45 Quote
I don't see the point in drilling the bash if you're already running the heaviest cranks made... rofl
flag AqueousBeef
Posted: Sep 21, 2008 at 22:49 Quote
ptsgrafitti21 wrote:
fyi for everybody ti springs compared to fox steel springs save 30 grams
fox springs are really lite
FALSE!

 


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