rhsuspension

History my boy, history

@Kamba6: Amen brother

Not if you ride backwards for a bit :-)

Not sure if this has been mentioned but so many of the bush pins in Rockshox eyelets are so stiff and hard to rotate that I'm sure this is compounding the issue of some shock failiers as its not allowing the shock to pivot around its mounting axis as its meant to do ! Just my 2cents.

@pipm1: I've just had to up vote you for that, although I can to read it twice to get it ;-)

@jaycubzz: Campag ! ;-)

Regarding weight savings, there is an approx 30grams saved from the lower casting, yep its not much but it all helps. Although not stated in the article it was mentioned to myself that the main piston is going to be re-shimable by service centres to customer requirements, but please dont quote me on this.

Enjoy all who race, ride her like you stole her, keep it rubber side down.

Also worth noting on premature bearing failer is the installation methods used by the bearing insertion operative, use the proper tools AND methods and if you use sockets and a hammer then said tools should be used on you ! ;-)

Regarding premature bearing wear, most often the bearing spacer or tube that sits internally between the inner races of the bearings to prevent overly excessive preload on said bearings has to be "perfectly" sized, I had an instance on a top end USA brand of frame where this was NOT the case, guess what ? Overly preloaded bearings and premature bearing failure. The fix was a 0.10mm micro shim aquired from a local engineers murchant which I installed between spacer tube and bearing, perfect preload. Unfortunately theres a good chance a lot of mechanics may not pick up on this. Hope this helps someone in the future.