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bighitfsr
08-04-2004, 09:47 PM
I need a new fork and I've just spotted a killer deal on a boxxer race.
Obviously the stock internals need to go.
My housemate runs the mojo boxcart and I'm not that impressed (under sprung and you cant get a stiffer spring).
Love to hear from someone running a boxxer with a stratos ID cartridge.
DIRTWRKS
08-04-2004, 10:08 PM
Funny that Stratos would attempt to mess with other forks, they can't seem to get most their own working properly !
Bacardi
08-04-2004, 11:03 PM
Funny, I was thinking of selling my stratos s6....[/spam]

Stratos Forks work fine if you air burp it, and change the oil. Nothing fancy in those forks, and are pretty reliable, and stiff.

Since I live where Stratos is, at least I know I can get stuff back from them(warranty etc.). Hard to get warranty stuff back during Race season...
ChrisRobin
08-05-2004, 08:21 AM
They need to sell their forks with that ID cartridge installed and get rid of their right-side up forks.

They can mess with other forks' internals because that ID system isn't their own design...but apparently it's a really good design.
CBJ
08-05-2004, 08:31 AM
As I understand it Stratos have licensed the interia valve but does that guarantee that the rebound and compression dampning is any good?
ChrisRobin
08-05-2004, 08:41 AM
I guess we have to 'assume' since it's a system that's been proven in the past.
CBJ
08-05-2004, 09:03 AM
But Interia valve (the system) just locks out the suspension as I understand it and has no effect on what happens once the suspension has been activated. If that is an correct assumption I would love some more info on the suspension quality.
auntesther
08-05-2004, 12:05 PM
But Interia valve (the system) just locks out the suspension as I understand it and has no effect on what happens once the suspension has been activated. If that is an correct assumption I would love some more info on the suspension quality.
I think it locks the fork for forces that are downward...meaning jamming on the bars...upward forces from a bump make that little brass doo-hicky unleash the awesomeness of the forks bump absorbing capability.....at least this is what the brain-trust at MBA wrote in their in-depth expose on the cartridge.


supposedly this inertia valve is supposed to work much faster than the Fox versiohn....again based on the MBA think-tank
PooMan
08-05-2004, 02:35 PM
sounds like it should be good
tell you what, you get it, see how you like it, then tell the rest of us
I would get it, but I'm broke

ha ha ---> :nuts:
CBJ
08-05-2004, 02:54 PM
I think it locks the fork for forces that are downward...meaning jamming on the bars...upward forces from a bump make that little brass doo-hicky unleash the awesomeness of the forks bump absorbing capability.....at least this is what the brain-trust at MBA wrote in their in-depth expose on the cartridge.


supposedly this inertia valve is supposed to work much faster than the Fox versiohn....again based on the MBA think-tank

So that only confirms that just because there is an Interia valve it is no promise that there will be good suspension. A point which seems lost in the Interia hype and good suspension actions is to me a lot more important than lock out on an DH fork.
auntesther
08-05-2004, 03:39 PM
So that only confirms that just because there is an Interia valve it is no promise that there will be good suspension. A point which seems lost in the Interia hype and good suspension actions is to me a lot more important than lock out on an DH fork.

I would agree with you. Although I have owned a Straos fork in the past and really liked its performance. Hopefully they didnt screw up the meat and potatoes of the damper ...IMO the Inertia valving stuff is gravy