Benoit Gurnel tests his new Commençal Supreme at the private spots that he and his friends have shaped over the last 3 years. A lot of mud, falling leaves, cold temperatures, and low light was the elements to play with and it turned out great.
We would like to thanks our partners FiveTen, Commençal and RawBikeShop for their help. We'd also like to tell you about our other supporter, Sulfur Components. Benoit's same friends that ride and build are also mechanical engineers that have set out to create their own brand with his help as rider and tester. This video was used in helping to see and understand the feel of the prototype stem and its resistance to hard riding.
The philosophy is to built things that are light, robust and reliable. In this case we have a 90 gram stem, including hardware.
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Check out the second diagram down on the link below.
www.ridefox.com/fox_tech_center/owners_manuals/010/eng/Content/Forks/40/40withDMS_Installation.html
Ride On.
This measurement is simply correct installation.
It will give you the correct geometry as specified by your frame manufacturer allow enough room for your fork to have full range of travel.
The top crown can be positioned to suit rider style, agreed, however this should not be confused with the ( top of ) lower crown to ( top of ) stanchion measurement.
@ lochsweed I am not at all surprised that the suspension tuning company told you this. I called several ( including the Fox distributor here in Hong Kong ) to find the link I shared above. It has nothing to do with forks snapping. It's simply correct installation.
@Yt-shredder Boxxer also have this measurement in their installation guide ( a different length to Fox )
@finrambo It's more of a case of the fork / bike performing at its best. The thing that stands out to me in the vid is the gap between the 'Kashima' markings on the fork and the lower crown is too big. ( So his top of lower crown to top of stanchion isn't 163.7mm )
@ masonstevens Thx bro. Merely trying to share some setup tips that came to me the hard way. And your character analysis is bang on.