dochabanero
Well-known member
I have the Deluxe RT3 on mine and I also like the shock. Works really well for playful rides over jumps and drops. The rattle/noise people keep mentioning is nothing I have noticed.
My Rail, Resting on Stuff
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minizoom
New Member
Santiago Oaks near Anaheim Hills, CA.
Like a Boss
Member
That's some good looking springtime SoCal landscape. Some rain showing in the hills. Next to a space grey Rail. Pretty sick.
minizoom
New Member
It's been raining here for the last couple of weeks. Only stopped a few days ago. The weather should be perfect from now to fall.
ronianash
Member
2020 Trek Rail 7 size small
ronianash
Member
Where are you riding in Mass? When I go home to visit I find it hard to find any bike trails (western Mass)
Hi @Bomble , looks amazing!
Did you go for the gloss finish Invisframe? There is Gloss, Gloss/Matte kit and Matte choices.
Yes I went for the full gloss. It does stand out a little on the matt parts, if you zoom in on the photo you can see what I mean around the seat post.
I had a Matt levo and put Matt invisi on it, I wasn’t keen and it seemed to show marks up more too.
Apparently you can t-cut the gloss stuff to keep it shiny too if you want.
Orangie
Active member
I liked the shock ,before I put on a super deluxe with meg neg. now I realize it’s shortcomings. Not only more plush , but loads more support. Less pedal strikes and skid plate whacks. Pedals better. Huge upgrade
Pardon in advance if I missed the answer, but is the Super Deluxe fit the M frame without touching the downtube?
No it wont fit or no it wont touch the frame?
Great info, thanks mate
Orangie
Active member
Just get a meg neg. that in itself is huge improvement
Is the meg neg enough to stop it bottoming out then mate?
Orangie
Active member
Absolutely. 4 bands included. You will need 20% more pressure to get sag the same. That’s what stops bottoming. The more bands you add, the less progressive it becomes. I ended with all 4 in order to use all of my travel. If you take them all out you will never bottom it. Still very supple on top. Mid support is awesome. Bottom resistance is awesome. What more can you ask ?
Amazing mate, sound like what I need. Would be a pain if you forward me a link on the one you used? I hate to order the wrong one
Orangie
Active member
This one. They have 3 sizes. The other two are sold out everywhere but the trek is an odd size. Should still be able to find
Orangie
Active member
Little tip. When you take off lower oring to make your adjustments use a feeler gauge. You will thank me later
Thanks mate.....I'l start Googling
Philly G
Well-known member
Nice! ? what sort of coil shock do you have? How does it perform vs original shock?
Fox DHX2. Miles better, plush and responsive.
High Rock Ruti
Active member
High Rock Ruti
I had wood, Saturday July 4, ......1996
Philly G
Well-known member
Always wanted to try a coil. On my wishlist of future upgrades. No longer have to worry about the extra weight now I'm on a eeeb
High Rock Ruti
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jeroen
Active member
Love this thread.... and as I today picked up this babe.... famous from
Here is my addition from this Rail 9 (2021) first ride.... 885m to 1357m over 22km, great intro to this one; did a testride the day before from 762m to 1348 which was excellent, thus just had to get it
Resting on....... a bale of hay:
A crikey bridge:
A wooden bridge:
Fence while going up hill: (oh and yes, restarting a bike going uphill, that is updated to have 85Nm works great; then again that worked even better on the Haibike Flyon Allmtn 8.0, that one just ran out of juice too quickly); this section of the path was the easy bit:
Another Cow-fence:
A bench a wee bit further up:
Together with the sheep, horses and donkey (off screen to the right):
and of course on a watererthrough, drinkable water straight from the mountain, which is a good thing, as unless one brings a camelpak, no waterbottle fits in the triangle (the bontrager holder does, but you won't get any useful bottle in ...
That was a nice 22km intro ride to get it back home, further was downhill at ~46kmh average, yes, the breaks work fine.
The Zeb functions marvellously, but will have to throw some more off track against it to test that properly.
Here is my addition from this Rail 9 (2021) first ride.... 885m to 1357m over 22km, great intro to this one; did a testride the day before from 762m to 1348 which was excellent, thus just had to get it
Resting on....... a bale of hay:
A crikey bridge:
A wooden bridge:
Fence while going up hill: (oh and yes, restarting a bike going uphill, that is updated to have 85Nm works great; then again that worked even better on the Haibike Flyon Allmtn 8.0, that one just ran out of juice too quickly); this section of the path was the easy bit:
Another Cow-fence:
A bench a wee bit further up:
Together with the sheep, horses and donkey (off screen to the right):
and of course on a watererthrough, drinkable water straight from the mountain, which is a good thing, as unless one brings a camelpak, no waterbottle fits in the triangle (the bontrager holder does, but you won't get any useful bottle in
...That was a nice 22km intro ride to get it back home, further was downhill at ~46kmh average, yes, the breaks work fine.
The Zeb functions marvellously, but will have to throw some more off track against it to test that properly.
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