New Bike Day!
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sir crashalot
iMTB Rockstah
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Revel.......serious MTN biking, ha!
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UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
Congratulations! Before your first ride, take some Ti Prep and lube the shock mount bolts if it hasn't been done already. Also, the number 4 pivot bolt is notorious for squeaking after a few rides. Revel will replace it under warranty. I'm not sure if they've fixed it with the V2.
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
So many Revels! It's the new Guerilla Gravity and Hightower it-bike of the Forum!
I was first! (Actually, I think I was second).
And @bvader yes, there is one more pivot than you find on a 4-bar Horst Link, DW Link or VPP derivative. If you look at a VPP bike you can still count five places where the linkage rotates. They are just much more hidden. Look at @Obsidian's Hightower posted a few pages earlier.
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sir crashalot
iMTB Rockstah
Very nice!
Sasquatch9billion
iMTB Rockstah
Oh, Hell YEah!!!
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iMTB Rockstah
2022 frame
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iMTB Rockstah
The guy I bought it from did a complete bearing and linkage service. He did a handful of rides on it. It looks nearly new.
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iMTB Rockstah
It's interesting that on the Santa Cruz VPP the fifth point of rotation is where the shock and the lower link connect. It wasn't like that on earlier versions...... evolution
RIGID
Member
I noticed you have a Float instead of the Float X Factory. Mine got recalled with the newer model but it took a while to receive it since Fox had to tune it for the CBF. Not sure if it originally came with the Float but you may want to ask the previous owner if it was tuned for that bike. If not, it may take more time to dial it in the way you want it to or take it to a suspension tuning shop. Aside from that, these bikes are awesome!
***Looks like yours is a Ranger so the Fox Float is correct. As others have mentioned, make sure you torque your pivots to spec and you shouldn't have any issues of creaking. When I got mine, some were definitely not up to spec.
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Tom the Bomb
iMTB Rockstah
Looks burly!
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
Purty! But wow that head angle looks steep compared to what I am used to looking at!
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
And look how easy it is to use that lever!Why is the shock up so high? It should be super low and basically built into the frame so there is no possibility of cleaning it ... other than removing it from the bike.
But someone will chime in about how moving 1/2 lb shock towards the BB will make a huge difference in the center of gravity.
Obsidian
iMTB Rockstah
And look how easy it is to use that lever!
But someone will chime in about how moving 1/2 lb shock towards the BB will make a huge difference in the center of gravity.
Lower is better. Physics and such.
Yeah, don't even get me started on the BS of this trend.
herzalot
iMTB Hooligan
Yes - in theory. In practice, it doesn't much matter. Yetis keep winning Enduro races under many different pilots. I could argue that Enduro is the most mountain biking of mountain biking race formats - for those of us who don't give a Sh!t how fast we climb - but we still climb - to get to the good stuff and smile. The SB 140, 160 and 165 under Richie Rude and a dozen others have high-mounted shocks, unlike your amazingly cool (and I'm not being sarcastic) Hightower.
Sasquatch9billion
iMTB Rockstah
Hell yeah Fran! What model is it?
DangerDirtyD
iMTB Hooligan
Is that the CrazyBear bike shop?
Do you plan on sticking with the 31.8mm stem/bar combo and little rotor in front?
Tom the Bomb
iMTB Rockstah
Ride it like you stole it Fran! Looks good
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iMTB Rockstah
Xavier and Girard!!
Voodoo Tom
MTB Addict
Coil over suspension, enduro bro fenders and nice wide bars too.
Y-not
iMTB Rockstah
My daughter collects John Deere stuff.Coil over suspension, enduro bro fenders and nice wide bars too.
I made her a aluminum shelf unit to put her stuffed animals. I need to add led lights so the name will glow yellow.