Customer’s Levo upgrades part 2

[Al Boneta]

Always a pleasure to work on my good friend @Carp ’s Levo. We already did Carbon Roval Wheels, Saint Brakes and a BikeYoke Revive post. Today I installed a Fox Factory 36 160mm fork and a Fox Factory DPX2 rear shock. He now gets 156mm of rear wheel travel and his bike feels dialed

 

[atcspaul]

round it off with a fox kashima dropper post

 

[Swissrob]

Always a pleasure to work on my good friend @Carp ’s Levo. We already did Carbon Roval Wheels, Saint Brakes and a BikeYoke Revive post. Today I installed a Fox Factory 36 160mm fork and a Fox Factory DPX2 rear shock. He now gets 156mm of rear wheel travel and his bike feels dialed

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Can we get a ride review on this?

 

[Al Boneta]

round it off with a fox kashima dropper post

The BikeYoke Revive is a much better post than the Fox Transfer.

 

[Al Boneta]

Can we get a ride review on this?

At some point

 

[StevenM]

210 x 55?

 

[Al Boneta]

210 x 55?

Yes it is

 

[StevenM]

Yes it is

Al

Any reason end why he never went the X2

 

[Kave]

I figured the Lyrik Ultimate is both less $$ and better, ie better suspension and easier to service.

 

[Al Boneta]

Al

Any reason end why he never went the X2

The reason we didn’t go X2 is simple, we wanted simple. The DPX2 is just easier to setup and the X2 doesn’t offer a better ride for how much more it costs.
I had already experimented with an X2 on my Stumpjumper EVO and the stock DPX2 just worked better.
My friend Carp hated the stock Fox shock on his Levo and I had a customer cancel on a DPX2 rear shock so we put it on his bike.
The stock Fox Rhythm also felt flexy and made a farting noise from day one, so I changed that too.

 

[Al Boneta]

I figured the Lyrik Ultimate is both less $$ and better, ie better suspension and easier to service.

I tend to prefer Rock Shox over Fox, but one isn’t necessarily better than the other.
Kashima coating feels exactly the same to me as the non Kashima coated products from Fox. I also find it tacky and gaudy looking like my grandma’s opulent jewelry.
I think all Öhlins forks and shocks are junk and would gladly take Fox or Rock Shox over that overpriced, underperforming status symbol bullshit.
Right now for my money I have been running DVO on most of my bikes.
The Manitou Mezzer fork or the DVO Onyx single crown fork will be going on my Kenevo. I’ll decide based on who gets it to me first.
Sram customer service is just better than Fox but I suspect it’s because they’ve had more practice just warrantying brake levers.
Most of this stuff just helps stoke the ego and give you more status with your riding buddies. Carp hates the bright orange Fox stickers and will probably take them off because in his words “I don’t want to advertise what I am running, it’s not like Fox is paying me, I paid them”

 

[Stumpy]

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Is that your 911 @Al Boneta ?

 

[Al Boneta]

Is that your 911 @Al Boneta ?

No that belongs to my employer

 

[Al Boneta]

the saddle position tells me he bought the wrong size frame. shame.

He is 6’3”, has a 36” inseam, short femurs and a short torso. So no he didn’t buy the wrong bike and the ReTüL fit we did confirmed it.