Press ReleaseCane Creek Cycling Components is proud to announce they are now offering a new rear shock to meet the demand for simplicity coupled with Double Barrel performance. Currently available only through bike manufacturers, the C-Quent is Cane Creek’s first Double Barrel shock built for the rider who prefers fewer tuning options and a tool-free interface. Cane Creek works closely with their OEM partners to determine a custom build that will provide optimum suspension performance. C-Quent has all of the capability that award-winning DB shocks are known for and comes pre-set with a custom tune. For minor adjustments, the C-Quent has a Low Speed Rebound (LSR) adjuster and a Climb Switch.
The primary goal of the C-Quent is user-friendliness. Each shock has an internal base tune which Cane Creek engineers have developed with each bike manufacturer through extensive ride testing and ten well-defined clicks of LSR to provide meaningful adjustment without risk of going too far. Cane Creek’s uber-adjustable Double Barrel shock line was first introduced in 2005. To make it easy for riders to have the perfect starting point, Cane Creek engineers began developing Base Tunes with their OEM partners. Over the years, Cane Creek has learned that many riders don’t change their Base Tune because they find it so well defined out of the box.
“Twin-tube technology in the DB damper affords the sophisticated tuner a broad spectrum of adjustment to ensure that any rider, on any terrain, can wring every last bit of performance from their suspension,” says Director of Engineering, Jim Morrison. “But for the many riders who don’t live and breathe force vs. velocity curves, the Base- Tune settings their shock arrives with feel really good and the adjusters may go un-turned.”
The damping mechanism on the C-Quent is a hybrid between twin-tube technology and a mono-tube design that retains the key benefits of twin-tube, less cavitation, more control, and damping consistency. Like all Double Barrel shocks, the C-Quent houses all of its low-speed damping circuitry in the valve body, allowing for the revolutionary Climb Switch to address both compression and rebound when engaged. Unlike other Cane Creek shocks; however, C-Quent controls the high-speed damping circuits via shim-stacks on the main piston. The extreme tune-ability of the DB is retained at the factory, giving rise to a lighter-weight, high-value Double Barrel with ultra consistent damping levels.
C-Quent was designed to serve those customers who want the performance of a Climb Switch equipped, twintube damper, but without the added weight and complexity of adjusters they’re not interested in using. Starting with a fully adjustable DB shock that has nearly limitless tune-ability, the development team analyzes frame kinematics and utilizes field-testing to produce precise settings that meet the performance goals and desired feel for the bike. Rear-suspension performance is all about how well the kinematics of the frame; work with the damping and spring characteristics of the shock.
Double Barrel shocks have a wide-range of adjustment because they are intended for not just a wide range of riders, but also a wide range of frames with different suspension kinematics and design philosophies. Once this base tune is determined, the C-Quent is assembled with High Speed Compression, High Speed Rebound, and Low Speed Compression fixed at the factory. Since the C-QUENT is assembled specifically for each frame, the range and number of adjustments required for most riders is much smaller.
“When we work with our OEM customers, we take the DB’s adjustment range and distill it down so the bicycle performs exactly the way the frame engineers and product managers intended,” says Morrison. “By doing so we help the designer realize their vision of the perfect ride and the C-QUENT conveys that vision more directly to the rider than a shock with limitless adjustability.”
C-Quent is currently only available through Cane Creek suspension partners on their bike models that come specified with this shock. For a list of these bike models – please contact Cane Creek.
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Yep. Some people do not care what their shock does... Does it work? Yes? Done. No need to TRY to sell a DB ($$$) on a $2K bike to people who don't care to learn about shock settings. The C-Quent allows CC to enter a larger and lower priced market against Fox, Rock Shox, X-Fusion, Suntour, etc.
You can't only produce high-spec, high $$$ shocks with multiple competitors and expect to survive financially. It sure is about sales.
Like the DBcoil, the DBinline was the first shock of its kind. Our engineering team was tasked with bringing to market a product that would be revered as a game changer to the industry. With this leap forward in mountain bike suspension technology, we learned many lessons. Reliability is one of our highest goals at Cane Creek. Not only are failed parts costly for us to replace, but they are also very frustrating for you. That hurts our reputation, which is even more costly than the part replacement.
Advancements in both the design and production of the DBinline have been employed to eliminate any and all elements affecting reliability. Never stopping, we will continue to build and improve both the product itself and our processes. Our promise to you is a high quality product, that works as it should.
As with any Cane Creek product, please feel free to contact us directly at info@canecreek.com , 800 234 2725 or 828 684 3551.
like the others here, ive had problems with my inline, but i will say that you guys took care of everything, and did it quickly and professionally!
No reply on emails after contacting the support "info@canecreek.com" after the Problems occurred. First rebuild for about 170$ at "flatout-suspension" in germany. Same problems after 4 weeks. Second rebuild at "flatout" (took more than 6 weeks, luckily they did not charge anything for the second rebuild).
In the meantime (to keep riding): installed Monarch RCT3HV (got it pretty cheap) as a temporary solution.
Did not install the "inline"any more, yet being afraid of more issues. My CCDB inline will stay a "spare part".
Besides the CCDB Air in my DH-rig is working properly für 1.5 years now without issues.
I have a CC Inline that was warrantied late last year. Would this have the updated internals? The issue was the CS causing problems. I've not used it since, for fear of it breaking again. If the updated bits eliminate the problem I'll be happy to use the CS on those long climbs. Great shock, a definite improvement over ANYTHING the competition puts out for shorter travel rides, but hopefully the reliability is good again. I also have a CCDB that Ive had since 2007 with no issues.
The truth is some are defective and some riders expect things to work like new after being put away dirty again and again.
It's a seal. Maybe they have a batch with new colours, maybe their using lower friction SKF seals. A seal alone won't improve the reliability of the shock, that's mostly up to the design and construction of the internals, IMO.
When working the DBinline is great, but dropping $125.00 each trip to Dirt Labs to have them fix it is frustrating. Its nice to have the quick turn around from them (1 week including shipping). That's just my opinion.
I've owned a CC DB(on a Spec Enduro) and in addition to the PITA of having to remove the climb switch every time I wanted to adjust the damping, I could never get it to even feel as good as the Fox CTD it replaced, so I pitched it.
I also bought an CC Angleset and the two different shops I used could never get the thing to stop making a horrendous noise whenever I landed a jump.
Having said all that, after not being able to 'fix' the angleset I called CC to see what could be done.
The dude I spoke with sent me out another one, FREE OF CHARGE, and WITHOUT wanting the other one back!
I even asked for their address so I could ship it back to them, and he told me not to worry about it.
Not everybody like every product made by every company, and I might be one of those who don't seem to get along with CC products, but I have yet to deal with another company that's exceeded CC's level of customer service.
Because of this, I am not afraid to try another CC product in the future.
Yes, some Fox shocks call for standard air via a shock pump, however there's probably a reason we don't see that any more.
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Haha! In your feysh!
Like the DBcoil, the DBinline was the first shock of its kind. Our engineering team was tasked with bringing to market a product that would be revered as a game changer to the industry. With this leap forward in mountain bike suspension technology, we learned many lessons. Reliability is one of our highest goals at Cane Creek. Not only are failed parts costly for us to replace, but they are also very frustrating for you. That hurts our reputation, which is even more costly than the part replacement.
Advancements in both the design and production of the DBinline have been employed to eliminate any and all elements affecting reliability. Never stopping, we will continue to build and improve both the product itself and our processes. Our promise to you is a high quality product, that works as it should.
As with any Cane Creek product, please feel free to contact us directly at info@canecreek.com , 800 234 2725 or 828 684 3551.
Sorry we got a little copy and paste happy, our intention was to make it easy for customers to contact us.
It's people's choice to purchase the inline over their other offerings.
I had a a Fox CTD on my bike and it was junk. I knew I wanted a Double Barrel, but had to fork out more for the AirCS because of my concerns with the inline.
Paid off in dividends because I have not had any problems with any of their shocks for 6 years now.
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Who named this shock? Didn't run it past the back room bike wrenches.
Like the DBcoil, the DBinline was the first shock of its kind. Our engineering team was tasked with bringing to market a product that would be revered as a game changer to the industry. With this leap forward in mountain bike suspension technology, we learned many lessons. Reliability is one of our highest goals at Cane Creek. Not only are failed parts costly for us to replace, but they are also very frustrating for you. That hurts our reputation, which is even more costly than the part replacement.
Advancements in both the design and production of the DBinline have been employed to eliminate any and all elements affecting reliability. Never stopping, we will continue to build and improve both the product itself and our processes. Our promise to you is a high quality product, that works as it should.
As with any Cane Creek product, please feel free to contact us directly at info@canecreek.com , 800 234 2725 or 828 684 3551.
If they really want to treat us like children, they should make a version with Specialized AutoSag on it.
Seems you have a problem with me. Next time, send me a fukking message gaydar.
Stick to headsets, they are the most complex parts you guys can male reliably!
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All my stealth spitty needs is a black damper. Make this happen! #firstworldproblems