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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: April 20, 2022, 09:17:22 PM »
Has anyone sent a Fox in for service, gotten a tune AND had the travel adjusted?

Curious if they'll do the travel adjustment too (or perhaps it's so easy that I should just do it myself?).

I've got a few months before I'll be ready to buy, so will try to get a shock before then if one comes up for a bargain.

Thanks.

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: April 18, 2022, 11:55:18 AM »
Thanks, I have read a lot of the thread, and wasn't sure what the final conclusion was on max stroke.

It really seems that there are too many shock options from Fox and Rockshox, and then you add in tunes ... just too many to choose from.

It was said at least that a 40/42.5/45 fox are the same, just with different sag markings and spacers. I'd probably go 165x40, but just unsure of all the models and then the tunes. And if paying say $480 for the DPS performance, and then sending to fox for a tune, that really starts to get up there in price. So maybe the RS Nude off the Scott is closer, but then I see the SID with more adjustments ... can more user adjustable settings overcome a factory tune which doesn't suit the bike/trails/rider?

Hopefully someone has done lots of research and can break it down for me in the the options are 1) Fox DPS XXXX tune, 2) RS nude, 3) x-fusion yyy sort of thing.

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29er / Re: Carbonda fm936 Thoughts
« on: April 17, 2022, 02:55:36 PM »
I'm considering a 936. I have a 100mm hardtail xc bike, and would bring the SID fork across to the 936. I'd love to go to a 120mm fork, but it's an extra $700-1000 to do that. What I'm trying to work out, is which shock to get.

1) I see that the Fox shock has spacers, so a 165x40 would work (or is it 37.5 to get 100mm travel?) and could have spacers swapped to go to 42.5 for 120mm travel in the future (or is it to 45mm?).
2) I see there's a RS Nude off the Genius in the right spaces, but also an RS SID that has more adjustment.

What's got me confused, is which tune version of the shock is best? And would the extra adjustments of say the SID enable more tuning and result in a better ride? I've had a Fox on a bike that wasn't what it came with, and had the wrong tune and air can volume for the frame, and could never get it to perform how I'd like until I did volume spacers.

So, anyone able to help? RS Nude, RS SID, Fox (and I think there's a few versions of them), and what factory tune is best?

Thanks

(80kg, xc to light down country riding).

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