Cane Creek Double Barrel

stingmered
stingmered Posts: 60
edited March 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
Well, just spunked a wad on a new Cane Creek DB shock for the ol’ steed. Spent the last few weeks researching, tried one out on the same bike (loved it) and after the RP23 failed yet again (not even 6mths old) I’ve decided to go for it.

Somebody please calm my nerves and tell me it’s gonna be worth it! ;-) ha-ha...

Seriously, any top set-up tips over and above the manual that comes with it?

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  • ThanksBye
    ThanksBye Posts: 519
    Ive not got any tips but its going to be worth it :D
    Cotic Soul
    Pearson Hanzo
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    tomatoevousparlour wrote:
    Ive not got any tips but its going to be worth it :D
    Says the guy with a rigid and a hardtail :lol:
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Ohlins engineering, means that there will be 10 million wrong settings and only one right one, but that the right one will be pretty damn nice. Oh but also that some of the wrong settings will be more wrong, than the right setting is right. I think most people presented with really adjustable top end kit end up just settling for alright, don't do that, make it work for its money.
    Uncompromising extremist
  • yoohoo999
    yoohoo999 Posts: 940
    I've just bought a CCDB for a Cove Shocker.

    Contact Malcolm at CC for some basic set up advice (i.e. where on earth is a good place to start from!)
    Malcolm Hadley
    Cane Creek Components
    Brand Manager Double Barrel
    malcolm@canecreek.com
    800 234 2725 x 322
    828 684 3551 x 322

    He got back to me within 24 hours of my email and was really helpful :)
  • stingmered
    stingmered Posts: 60
    yoohoo999 wrote:
    I've just bought a CCDB for a Cove Shocker.

    Contact Malcolm at CC for some basic set up advice (i.e. where on earth is a good place to start from!)
    Malcolm Hadley
    Cane Creek Components
    Brand Manager Double Barrel
    malcolm@canecreek.com
    800 234 2725 x 322
    828 684 3551 x 322

    He got back to me within 24 hours of my email and was really helpful :)

    Cheers for the info. From what I've gleamed so far a good place to start is the stock settings and adjust in the order in the manual (HS rebound, HS compression, LS rebound, LS compression... I think...) however, was interested in what you did to get it right.
  • yoohoo999
    yoohoo999 Posts: 940
    My bike still isn't built up, will be another couple of weeks before it's finished, so can't comment.

    As soon as it is complete, i'm just going to book an uplift day and spend all day getting both ends dialled in, then just leave them!

    One of my mates up near Fort Bill says it took him a good few of hours of tinkering on his usual runs to get something that was good. Then a he fine tuned over the next few days until he hit "perfect" and then that was it, made a note of the settings and left it.

    He's now got a few sets of settings written down to cover different places that he rides, but he says that he does it just because he can more than anything else :)

    I've never been able to keep up with him anyway, so I couldn't comment on whether his course specific settings make him faster or not!!!

    Regardles, he races and has done for many years, and he said the CCDB now makes his custom tuned forks feel a bit rubbish at times! High praise indeed!

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