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| Dark horse? |
X Marks the Shock
Fox, Rockshox... I wanted different, I wanted special, I wanted, well, some suspension made by a company who didn't end with "X"... So I bought a Manitou Evolver. It is not a current model (2010) - the 2012 equivalent is the Swinger Pro DC which adds a lockout, but is (I believe) internally the same shock.
The Evolver is a large volume air shock, with a lot of adjustability: main air spring, rebound damping, separate high + low compression damping, mildly mysterious volume adjust, and the even more mysterious IFP (so mysterious it only has a three letter acronym), are all separately adjustable.
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| Don't try this at home. |
WTF?
Confused by the adjustments? I was. The manual is crap. It doesn't even tell you what the IFP does! And this shock has a lot of adjustments. After some time scouring the net, I found a few things out about the shock, and how to set it up. If you don't own one, sorry - this post probably won't be that interesting... if you do, read on.
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