Suspension Fork Question Rock Shox Reba SL 29

[JonB]

(08-08-2010, 01:18 AM)GeorgeET Wrote:  Interesting info JonB.

I have an older Rock Shock which is air over oil, and spring for rebound and compression...compression and one for rebound. BMW motorcycle pioneered this idea around 1990.

Yeah, my Downhill fork (04 Rockshox Boxxer) is very similar. It doesn't use compressed air at all, but uses one leg to control compression and another for rebound. I really like this because it gives much better independent adjustment and has very little to go wrong. I love it. I didn't realize this technology was that young, I know DHers borrow a lot of technology from motorbikes but I hadn't realized they'd only come up with this in the 90s. It feels very outdated in comparison to modern Downhill forks.