Remove the white foam negative spring bumper from the shock shaft. Clean the shock shaft with isopropyl alcohol or brake cleaner and inspect it for damage. It will need replacing by a shock service centre if it is damaged, because it will cause the shock to leak.
Grab your blunt pick, and lever up and remove the rubber O-ring seal and the white plastic glide ring from the head of the shock shaft, noting the order. Be very careful doing this, because marking the aluminium seat can cause the shock to leak. Match up the replacement parts from your service kit, coat them in a little SRAM Red Rum, check the orientation and fit them in place by hand.
Grab the air can and remove the small thin O-ring outside of the body, at the end of the external threads. Do this very carefully with your pick, because damaging the seat will cause sealing problems. Match up a replacement O-ring from your seal kit, coat it in a little SRAM Red Rum and fit it to the body by hand, making sure it is evenly seated all the way round.
Hook out the wiper seal from inside the end of the air can. It will be quite tight. Hook the outer top edge of the seal and pull down and inwards to remove it from its seat. Once it is dislodged you should be able to pull it out with your fingers. Be very careful not to mark the metal surface, because this will cause sealing problems. Again, use your pick very carefully, pulling them in towards the centre of the body, making sure not to mark the seat. Clean inside the body thoroughly with isopropyl alcohol or brake cleaner and inspect it for damage.
The white plastic glide ring goes in first. It is split, so you can compress it with your fingers to get it in place, make sure it snaps evenly into its seat.
Here the 'piggyback' distributes the compression damping between two circuits which allowed the engineers to refine the feel making the shock more sensitive. Rockshox says that being able to split the compression loads allow them to refine the feel of the shock creating a more sensitive shock in the initial stroke making it feel more supple. More oil in the system also leads to less heat build-up, heat can reduce damping force so the shock speeds up when hot, therefore a piggyback can keep a more consistent feel and more consistent performance too.
As well as this, keeping the IFP and damper charge usually nitrogen away from the main body of the shock there can be less heat build-up over a long descent which would otherwise change damping characteristics. In addition to this, the Super Deluxe range is available as an air shock or a coil shock, both in a range of specifications.
The base model shock is the Deluxe Select, it uses the brands' DebonAir spring and you can adjust the rebound damping, the damper type is listed as 'R' indicating the rebound adjustment. You can add or remove volume reducers tokens to tune the feel of the shock further.
The damper type will be listed as 'RT' indicating there is rebound adjustment and that Threshold lever. As above, but the Super Deluxe Ultimate also features external low speed compression damping adjustment. It also benefit from something Rockshox called 'Counter Measure' which they say reduces the breakaway force of the shock to near zero pounds, increasing sensitivity of the shock.
Counter Measure is effectively a negative spring working in the damper rather than the air chamber, it balances the IFP floating piston separating high pressure nitrogen champer with the oil on the other side pressure, eliminating the force you might otherwise need to initiate shock movement. The damper type is listed as RCT, indicating rebound, compression and threshold features.
Lastly, you can also get this shock with hardware fitted for a remote lockout threshold lever on the bars.
The shock still gets rebound and low speed compression damping adjustments. Using coil rather than an air spring, Rockshock aims to bring the consistency of a coil spring shock to trail and enduro bikes. This shock still benefits from the 'Counter Measure' tech as described in the Super Deluxe Ultimate shock section.
Again these shocks are all in metric sizes a new set of sizes for rear shocks that have been agreed upon by several suspension and frame manufacturers and they all use Maxima Plush Fluid to reduce friction, silence damper noise and give a consistent feel in all temperatures. The steel springs for the shock are available in 50lbs increments from lbs - lbs length dependant. An option that will be put to use on some enduro bikes where riders are climbing as much as they are descending.
Without sounding like a broken record, the Ultimate version of the Super Deluxe Coil shock has all of the above features with the addition of a low speed adjustment dial. You can also get this sock with hardware fitted for a remote lockout threshold lever on the bars.
The SID range is Rockshox premium cross country range of forks and shocks. They all got a revamp for where two brand new, lightweight shocks were added to the collection.
To find out more about the details of the new range , click here. RockShox says the shocks have a new weight focused XC design that at g is lighter than other rear shocks available. Rockshox says they have managed to make the shock lighter by keeping it small with a low air volume as well as not featuring a rebound knobs or dials to tune the damping, for that you'll need an Allen key on this shock, keeping the weight low.
The SIDLuxe Ultimate shock gets 'Counter Measure' tech, a Debonair air spring, plus there is a range of adjustments including rebound damping, low speed compression damping and a lockout switch that can be operated by a remote lever, as such the damper is listed as RLR rebound, low speed, remote.
Interestingly, Rockshox differentiates this 'lockout' lever from the threshold lever on other shocks, with the service manual indicating that this is indeed a lockout that prevents the shock from compressing at all. Plus there is sag gradient measurements, metric sizing, trunnion mounts available plus they use the same Maxima Plus fluid as the rest of the range. We'll bring you more details as they emerge.
Monarch is the model name for the shocks that were around prior to the Deluxe and Super Deluxe range. These aren't built in metric sizing but are still available to buy as there are still bikes being ridden that don't conform to the new metric standards.
The letter suffix to the name of these shocks gives clues to the features and adjustments to be found, e. RL for rebound and low speed compression dials. There are also 'Plus' version of the shock which indicates that the shock has a 'piggyback' reservoir. The Monarch R shock is the entry level inline shock no piggyback , the R denoting that there is rebound adjustment available.
You can't fit volume reducer tokens to this shock either making it a simple and not highly adjustable shock. To qualify, I have ridden the Shore for since so I know what Neds used to be like and I try to avoid this kind of chunder if I can.
For a bike to make this trail bearable for me is an endorsement in my books and this bike did that. I took the Zealot down the standard Fromme and Seymour lines and it handled all the trails with ease. Riding up was no issue at all and I even enjoyed the ability to pedal and maintain a decent speed going up. The bike handled very well on the tight techy old school stuff such as Grannies. While you can feel the serious head down and hammer XC roots in the bike, the simple fact that I could still have "fun" on it made for an enjoyable ride.
A buddy calls me a grasshopper when I am having a good day because I hop all over the place. The Zealot handled my springboard riding with ease and allowed me to ramp up into jumps and maintain the stylie composure in the air, and land without a sound. Okay the without a sound bit might be a stretch! At high speeds the bike tracked well and stayed true to my direction. I also Rode some more challenging high consequence trails offered at Eagle Mountain. As Sharon mentioned the higher fork in the front end made climbing the really steep stuff a little bit difficult, but getting off the bike on the likes of the Dentist is necessary anyways.
AS was mentioned above when climbing I found the seat a bit wide so for long time in the saddle it was a bit uncomfortable.
I found on the really technical descents the bike handled well. It started to get a bit squirrelly on the high speed descents, but only there. When I first got on the bike and pointed her downhill, I found the stem ridiculously long. While I never went over the handlebars, there were a few very close calls. However after getting use to the geometry and the long stem I found the bike very precise in tracking and when I wanted it to go somewhere, it went when instructed.
The Lyric and the Pearl are incredible. They both performed well without being to Technical. Overall the bike handled well and stayed true to what it was built for, a true Vancouver designed "All Mountain Bike!
Sharon says: Pemberton and Squamish offer different riding conditions and challenges then the technical trails on the North Shore. You can open it up on these trails which are punctuated by steeper rock faces that can be aired or rolled.
The Zealot was really comfortable opening up and would soak up pretty much everything I pointed it down! This bike likes flowy trails. Sharon Says: I didn't have a chance to take it out on a real XC ride. It is a bit heavy for longer epic rides where you don't need the comfort of the increased suspension, but over all it rides comfortably and climbs well.
Cons : - Steep technical climbs were compromised by the high front end - Not a lot of top tube clearance - The bike fits big for an 18inch. Rating Guide: 4. Pros: Excellent climbing bike. Could get decent amount of laps in with the Zealot. Other than really steep climbs where a much lighter bike would have helped. The bike tracked at lower speeds well and climbed with the best of 'em.
Cons: Still feels like a heavily spec'd XC bike. I would have liked one that tracked a bit better at high speeds. The bike rides down like an XC in the tight techy stuff. At first I found the long stem and the response of the bike as a hinderance, but as I got used to the bike riding like that and in the end I feel that it has made me a better technical rider.
For - Some changes in components will be made to the Zealot to shave off a few pounds. This will make it a lighter, but still worthy burly all mountain machine with a colour to match its new faster makeup! The source for this information is Brodie. Seeing whats on the slab in Pemberton. Taking in the view on Tower of Power.
Zealot on the Rocks. Suspension engaged? Dan Zippin' on the Zealot! Getting Technical Dan Zippin' on the Zealot! About Sharon: I am 5'9", weigh lbs.
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