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Just curious how many of you run suspension with climbing-specific features that can be turned on or off during a ride via switch on the shock/fork or handlebar mount. If so what feature do you have and how often do you use it? Do any of you have the features and never use them?
The CTD shock I had didn't make much of a difference when climbing, but did ruin the downhill when I forget to switch it to D.
I almost never use an "in-between" setting as it tends be be less good at down and less good at up equalling overall less good.
I need my suspension to be consistent so I can count on it's behavior.
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Id rather have a bike that needs the climb switch on the way up to be able to have it fully open on the descents...I feel like the bikes Ive ridden that climb good with the shock open suffer on the way down..
After running an RC4 on my last bike, Yeti 7, I got used to tuning the low speed compression.
With my Bronson, I have a CCDB Air, no climb seitch. Spend some time tuning the low speed circuits and you can get a pretty good happy medium.
still would change for a fork with no travel change, works smoother, cheers
shock - "almost" never (depends what bike I'm riding)
i have rp23 propedal..that's enough..
Scott Genius (27.8lbs) with twinlock remote. I use it all the time. 3 modes: fully locked out both front and rear suspension, Trail mode 120mm travel with moderate level of dampening, and Descent mode which fully opens both front and rear suspension to 150mm of fun travel.
With the flick of the switch it's all automatic and instant. So if I am about to climb a steep climb that is smooth or a little bumpy I lock it all out. If the climb is rough with a lot of roots or rocks I use trail mode and find the right gear to be in and let the front and rear tires help get me up better.
Not having to deal with reaching down for the switch on both the front fork and rear suspension is awesome. Also not losing any pedal stroke energy when fully locked out makes climbing a little easier. Needless to say I love it.
After demo-ing some Treks equipped with CTD, I purposely bought a bike that wouldn't require me to be flipping those switches all the time.
It doesn't pedal like my hardtail, but it's not a hardtail.
my X fusion sweep has a lock-out i only use on the road if i am sprinting over a rise...
my Xfusion O2 shock has 4 positions and 95% of the time its fully open... i only ever close it down on the road, or if i am on a fireroad climb that will take me an hour or more to climb... on the trail i always leave it fully open climbing or descending...
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