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New to me 2015 Wilson RC or SL? new to DH and got some questions

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flag r3cc0s
Posted: Jul 22, 2025 at 8:26 Quote
Been on the PB for a long time, and have rode gravity bikes that I've borrowed/rented but now that I own a "new to me" Devinci 2015 Wilson.

I was inspired by the dude who converted his 2015/16 wilson for the Squamish enduro and figured hey... why not?

I've always preffered a 26 DH bike, but a 27.5 with the older "Free-ride" and less race, geo appealed to me.

This is a size large, I'm about 195lbs + gear (say 200 w/ helmet, pads/pants) and the bike has been spec'd with a 450lbs coil on the R2C and I'm trying to find out which spring is in the Boxxer.

So far, without too much pre-load, I'm at the 30% sag marker, which says to me that its about right. NOW different question.

I need to open it up and find out which spring, but I reckon its not the red, and if it is the "blue" - man its stiff. I am not getting 18% SAG and there is NO way I've been able to bottem it out. Granted I haven't had a chance quite yet to ride that gnar to maybe test it fully but even on a 3-4 foot jump and landing deliberately on the fork, I'm not getting past 60%

I'm going to figure out which spring it is, and if I have full travel or an issue with the charger.


Everything else seems tight, though I think its no longer the Havoc rear wheel/hub... its now some "formula" which seems to work fine, so I HOPE its a proper 150mm DH hub (hard to tell) AND 2 its some DTSwiss 533d econo wheel, but maybe I'll just keep riding it for now.

I'm running 2.5 Assegai DH casings, but there are tubes... should I go tubeless AND should I bother with an insert?
flag BenLow2019
Posted: Jul 22, 2025 at 12:55 Quote
r3cc0s wrote:
I'm running 2.5 Assegai DH casings, but there are tubes... should I go tubeless AND should I bother with an insert?

My experience: I ran tubeless on my DH bike, but I realized that hit the bike park only a few times a year. One year, rather than adding sealant and airing up, I just put a tube in and forgot about it. And also no insert.
I spend most of my time on my Trail/AM bike riding more like XC stuff. That bike has a tubeless setup but no inserts and it's great for me.

Your mileage may vary.
If you ride this bike all the time then you may want the marginal benefit of the tubeless setup. And if you're tubeless and reducing your tire pressure to enhance that grip then you may need also an insert to protect the wheel. Especially if you like to hammer it hard down the jagged, chunky-chunder trails.

Good luck.

 


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