Air fork!!!

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Ahhh love technology
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"there's nothing better" they tell you. "they are the future" they tell you. "you'll never want the spring again" they say...
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Ask reed what he thinks, I believe he is a big time hater on them

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F..air forks didn't work the first time and don't work now!!
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block75 wrote:
Ask reed what he thinks, I believe he is a big time hater on them
you are correct
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block75 wrote:
Ask reed what he thinks, I believe he is a big time hater on them
I'll just give him a call
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Maybe they're pretty decent but they weren't designed for the loads kenny put on them. He was going down the hills like it's a highway o.O
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PEOPLE: Don't you remember Spring forks have failed in the past as well - we don't talk about that.

Springs do and have broken -
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I've yet to meet anyone that likes air forks, but have met many that have chosen to buy older models, simply to avoid them.

Myself included.
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MXGooner wrote:

I've yet to meet anyone that likes air forks, but have met many that have chosen to buy older models, simply to avoid them.

Myself included.
Ive had to do the same with trucks. I buy older trucks to avoid all the modern emissions BS. If it aint broke, dont fix it!
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NV825 5/28/2016 3:04pm
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smrscott wrote:
PEOPLE: Don't you remember Spring forks have failed in the past as well - we don't talk about that.

Springs do and have broken -
Could you provide an example of a spring fork failing because I really can't think of a single time. Not doubting you, I just don't remember it ever happening.
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smrscott wrote:
PEOPLE: Don't you remember Spring forks have failed in the past as well - we don't talk about that.

Springs do and have broken -
NV825 wrote:
Could you provide an example of a spring fork failing because I really can't think of a single time. Not doubting you, I just don't remember...
Could you provide an example of a spring fork failing because I really can't think of a single time. Not doubting you, I just don't remember it ever happening.
RC's early outing on the rm250
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Commercial airplanes use air struts. They rarely fail. The air forks and shock on my mountain bike have not failed in ten years. If there were multiple failures at every round I would agree that there is a problem. This is one failure after hundreds or thousands of combined laps among all of the riders. One failure does not indicate a design flaw. It indicates that something out of the ordinary happened.
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Bret 5/28/2016 3:12pm
5/28/2016 3:12pm Edited Date/Time 5/28/2016 3:47pm
I remember when radiators appeared on MX bikes. We all thought is was a ridiculous idea. They would get roosted and leak. They would break in a crash and leak. It was new and we thought we knew better. Turns out we were wrong. I remember when F.I. came out. We all thought it was too complicated and would be prone to failure. It appears to be sorted out now. I think the same can be said for air suspension. It is new. We don't understand it completely. One day we will and it will be a moot point.
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seth505 5/28/2016 3:13pm
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Bret wrote:
Commercial airplanes use air struts. They rarely fail. The air forks and shock on my mountain bike have not failed in ten years. If there were...
Commercial airplanes use air struts. They rarely fail. The air forks and shock on my mountain bike have not failed in ten years. If there were multiple failures at every round I would agree that there is a problem. This is one failure after hundreds or thousands of combined laps among all of the riders. One failure does not indicate a design flaw. It indicates that something out of the ordinary happened.
agreed, sometimes a single component fails.
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kiwifan 5/28/2016 3:16pm
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Bret wrote:
Commercial airplanes use air struts. They rarely fail. The air forks and shock on my mountain bike have not failed in ten years. If there were...
Commercial airplanes use air struts. They rarely fail. The air forks and shock on my mountain bike have not failed in ten years. If there were multiple failures at every round I would agree that there is a problem. This is one failure after hundreds or thousands of combined laps among all of the riders. One failure does not indicate a design flaw. It indicates that something out of the ordinary happened.
Stop being sensible, that isnt allowed here on Vital Smile
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Beast666 5/28/2016 3:19pm
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smrscott wrote:
PEOPLE: Don't you remember Spring forks have failed in the past as well - we don't talk about that.

Springs do and have broken -
This


I have had a couple of spring failures over the year including Race Tech and Eibach springs. When it happens the bike becomes virtually unrideable. The thing with an air spring failure is the fork of a SFF you know what happens with KYB PSF or non SFF spring forks you dont know what has caused the bike to handle like a drunk slinky.

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