![]() Even when running the fork a bit soft the transition through its travel was smooth and well supported, with a nice ramp up at the end of the stroke. On the other end of the spectrum, it was easy to air up closer to the recommended pressures and the 2:1 ratio to ride jump lines and feel like I wasn't plowing through the travel in turns and off of lips. This gave lots of active suspension and traction with plenty of ramp up to avoid a harsh slam at the end of travel. It was easy to make it feel extra plush yet still supported in rough, rocky sections of trail by running a lower pressure in the large chamber and a touch more than 2:1 in the high chamber. The cartridge allows a much wider range of adjustment than can be attained with tokens alone. ![]() I experimented with running a little more and a little less air in both chambers on various back to back runs. This setup felt especially good on bike park style trails, where there were high speed, hardpacked corners to push into. That made a noticable difference - the increased support was still there, but the slightly harsh feeling was no longer present. I then dropped down the air pressures in each chamber while keeping the 2:1 ratio. There was plenty of support, but that came at the expense of comfort. At the suggested 2:1 ratio, with the same PSI I had been running in the factory set up, it was a bit too firm for my liking. With the cartridge installed in a 2020 160mm Fox 36, the difference in the amount of support throughout the travel of the fork was noticeable. We tested only cartridge itself, without a fork tune or revalve for a true back-to-back in how it works in place of tokens, revalve aside. It's worth noting that DSD can include shims with the cartridge to revalve your fork to what they feel is a better tune or, you can send your fork in to them for a custom tune along with the cartridge as well to get the best performance. DSD recommend making small changes - 2.5psi at a time in the LOW chamber and 5psi at once in the HIGH chamber.įor damper settings, I went with DSD's recommended wide open HSC and LSC while closing the HSR. I experimented with running a little more or less in both and the differences that it makes in ride quality are noticeable. I started out with 63psi in the LOW chamber but ended up dropping down to 58psi there with about 110psi in the HIGH chamber. I set the RUNT up on a 160mm travel Fox Factory 36 with the GRIP 2 damper. They also suggest that many riders end up using a little less pressure in the LOW chamber than they previously had been running without the RUNT.īigger than a stack of tokens but with more tunability. If you want things more progressive, you can add pressure to the HIGH chamber which will make the curve more progressive in the last third of the mid-stroke. For the HIGH chamber, you'll double that number to give a 2:1 ratio and a linear spring curve. The team at DSD recommend taking the pressure you're currently running in the air chamber and using that as your starting pressure in the LOW chamber. Drop in the RUNT in place of the top chamber cap, air things up, and you're good to go. If you haven't, you'll need to ensure that you've let all of the air out of the air chamber on your fork (note your current air pressure ahead of time) and then you will remove the air cap and any volume spacers. If you've ever changed volume spacers in your fork, it's that easy to drop in the RUNT. The installation of the RUNT is straightforward. Hopefully I'll be able to ride shortly after it comes off.The piston in the RUNT moves when pressure in the main chamber of the fork equalizes. Compared to the best of those it feels like a more refined damper. And it would dive almost all the way through it's travel when breaking or hitting a rock garden, so sketchy! I've owned a '14 pike, a '12 32, '16 & '17 36 fit4s, and bombers in the past. I rode the Yari with the moco a few times, it was terrible!! Fairly plush in the parking lot, but it would basically hydro lock on big hits, it was harsh as hell. ![]() Like I mentioned I hit a few big doubles and drops, it was controlled and plush and it didn't hydro jack at all. The open bath charger is not that, no fork can be without a hsbv, but it does seem to be pretty smooth and supple with good support. Maybe the most amazing part is it never looses traction even in slippery off camber chunk. It's able to be super smooth and supple yet have tons of support thanks to the high speed blow off valve. Theres only 5 clicks of lsc adjustment, so I too am hoping for a tunable compression piston. I haven't pulled the cartridge apart yet, I'll be sure to post detailed pics when I do. They said it is basically a sram accelerator damper, which is very similar to the Fox grip damper. Click to expand.Do you have links to those press releases? I heard something about a moco bladder, but sram confirmed this is definitely not that.
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