de Archicoolaurel » Mar 15 Fév 2011 10:07
A priori (je ne suis pas rentré dans le détail de toute la traduction), c'est possible aussi en XLR ?
"Just got back from a meeting at Cannondale, and they dropped a sweet little nugget in my lap, thought that I'd share the word.
They recently finished up a round of testing with a number of older forks, and have found that they can be upgraded to the new, 2011 PBR/XLR dampers.
Yep, ANYTHING 2005 or newer. This is big news for several reasons. One, you can now get the latest Solo Air, which is not only lighter, but offers incredible tuning potential, for those who are aware enough to care. Right out of the box, it'll deliver a better ride than the stock version you have, but if you need more, you can get it."
The big things are the blow off in the lock out, and the ability to control low speed compression. The longer PBRs got blow off over the last year or so, but now, they all have it (save the 2011 100mm Leftys, not an issue in this case) These cartridges can be tuned from a virtually full lock, to virtually lockless, just like the latest platform shocks from other makes. The low speed compression tuning is new all around, and puts the nail inthe coffin of just about any hater out there. Since the Lefty is so much plusher, regardless of loading, it would exhibit some brake dive. Most never got bent out of shape about it, but now? Tune it 4 different ways, and smile.
Who this is really interesting news for, is Left Max TPC/FFD/SPV folks. Love that fork do you? I know I love mine! We've been told these forks are orphans, since Manitou made the parts, and they went through bankruptcy, they were no longer supplying the guts.
Now, slap a 140 PBR, or XLR in it, shave some weight, add lock out (with platform and low speed damping tuning) and keep that chassis rolling till the cows come home
By all means, run what you brung if it's still working and you're happy, but if things go south, you now have better options that offloading it on eBay for a few bucks....
Details. All requisite parts for PBR, would run $260, regardless off model. If you want XLR it's another $150 (don't quote me on that, I don't have the paper work in front of me currently, but it's about that).
This is breaking news.
What this really means is that for about 1/2 the price of a help a brother out, good deal, trade in price, you can keep your existing structure, and just get the guts updated.
They also offer this as an additional incentive. Since the cartridges are the main expensive wear item in the forks, they will offer cartridge replacement down the road for $125, they will need your old cart to give you this price though. Since they charge about that much for a factory service, this is a pretty sweet deal.
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Trek on des soucis à ce faire! 
