[fatire]

Is there any way to do it? Has anybody done it? What problems did you have and do you recommend doing it or selling and getting a different fork?

I've had the fork for a couple of years and love it. However, I'm riding a hardtail now and would like to remove maybe an inch and a half off of it. Before people start bagging on me (that would be people that don't know me), let me tell you that I WILL break a SC if I ride one. I've been through more forks, frames and wheels in the last several years than I care to remember. So I want a burly, DC 6 inch fork for my hardtail.

 

[grimm]

maybe youd want to check out a stratos mx6? shouldnt cost you a whole lot, and from what i know they are strong. my s7 is anyway. just a suggestion!

 

[Big E]

the new slider + is sweet. but its 7in. but if you throw it on a ht would pedal anything and they hand some big hits

 

[Jm_]

maybe youd want to check out a stratos mx6? shouldnt cost you a whole lot, and from what i know they are strong. my s7 is anyway. just a suggestion!

The MX6 is definitely heavy(nearly 8lbs), but its construction isn't very current. Despite being heavy, it's not very stiff. The cartridges are also prone to failure (the glide-ring in particular).

 

[BMXman]

I ride a Sherman and it's more than enough fork for me...but I have the 1.5 version...D

 

[mikedee69]

Is there any way to do it? Has anybody done it? What problems did you have and do you recommend doing it or selling and getting a different fork?

I've had the fork for a couple of years and love it. However, I'm riding a hardtail now and would like to remove maybe an inch and a half off of it. Before people start bagging on me (that would be people that don't know me), let me tell you that I WILL break a SC if I ride one. I've been through more forks, frames and wheels in the last several years than I care to remember. So I want a burly, DC 6 inch fork for my hardtail.

I supose you could reduce the travel by finding yourself some damping cartrigages from a Super T and running those in your Shiver. I've had a few Bombers apart and they all seem pretty much the same on the inside, the older ones that is.

 

[Rik]

I am not familiar with the Shiver internals, but can you hack up some springs to change the height of the negative and compression springs, to drop the travel down?

 

[mikedee69]

I am not familiar with the Shiver internals, but can you hack up some springs to change the height of the negative and compression springs, to drop the travel down?

There are no negative springs in the Shivers, at least in 01 to 03. That's why they top out like mad. But hacking up the compression spring and making new spacers would work.

 

[Jm_]

There are no negative springs in the Shivers, at least in 01 to 03. That's why they top out like mad. But hacking up the compression spring and making new spacers would work.

There are no visable negative springs. I'm sure they are still in there though, I have a cartridge setting out and I can pull it and get a little bit of travel out of it. They never top out like mad, if they do you have something broken in the fork. To access the negatives, you'd have to cut into the cartridge, that's why it is impossible to do.