Kona Tanuki - suitable rear shock upgrade
Danlube
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Hello everyone,
I couldn't find anything via search that answered my question so here goes,
Had my Tanuki just over a year now, despite everyone quoting the ''rear shock is the first thing to go'' I ignored feeling it would up to the job for a while. So i invested in other areas of the bike first (drivetrain, brakes, stem and dropper post) to really make it a capable trail bike. Now the time has come where i feel that the rear shock is putting up a brick wall on the trail ahead.
Been doing some calculations and it seems the front end is capable of taking a 140mm up front, great!
However i doubt the rear end is gonna take a 140mm, the swing arm looks like its gonna jarr n lock itself out. I have some crazy idea that i have seen other riders doing, that's using an offset bushing on the bottom of the shock to slacken everything up. If i did this do you think a 140mm will work in the rear?
If not, any recommendations on a suitable shock (preferably Fox) The current shock has an eye to eye of 7.5''
Kind Regards, Dan.
I couldn't find anything via search that answered my question so here goes,
Had my Tanuki just over a year now, despite everyone quoting the ''rear shock is the first thing to go'' I ignored feeling it would up to the job for a while. So i invested in other areas of the bike first (drivetrain, brakes, stem and dropper post) to really make it a capable trail bike. Now the time has come where i feel that the rear shock is putting up a brick wall on the trail ahead.
Been doing some calculations and it seems the front end is capable of taking a 140mm up front, great!
However i doubt the rear end is gonna take a 140mm, the swing arm looks like its gonna jarr n lock itself out. I have some crazy idea that i have seen other riders doing, that's using an offset bushing on the bottom of the shock to slacken everything up. If i did this do you think a 140mm will work in the rear?
If not, any recommendations on a suitable shock (preferably Fox) The current shock has an eye to eye of 7.5''
Kind Regards, Dan.
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more stroke is just likley to get parts hitting each other.
so you are thinking of offset bushes and a longer shoch with more stroke?
well i dont quite thing the offset bushes will give you enough length to what i think you are thinking of.
but i would not be doing that any way as it will cause the DU bushes to wear out faster.
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
Rear shocks baffle me. The current shock is the Fastrax AF2. CRC/ebay has endless shock options.
How do i work out the stroke length of the Fastrax AF2?
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown