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I brought some 120mm 29er reba used some time ago they are solo air with a basic rl damper.
I'm finding over small bumps, roots etc they are quite firm, compared to my my debonair revelation they also require alot more force down on the bars before they actually start to move.
I've fully stripped them down, greased all seals and changed the damper oil with little improvement. I'm not overly clued up on solo air but noticed there is a dimple on the inside of rhe air stanchion they will have a positive and negative chamber, perhaps my issue is they are not equalising? How do I test if they are?
Also noticed on the air shaft, under the lower retaining bolt there is a valve, what does this do?
Many thanks
I have the 2017 A8 version (29er 120mm non boost).
I'm used to riding a Pike. When I first got the Reba for my XC bike I thought it was broken. It hardly moved when applying pressure and is hard to set using sag. However it does work when things start to get rough and rocky and doesn't bottom out too easily. It's just a different experience to the Pike or your Rev.
I've read that adding tokens can make a difference to small bump sensitivity, though I've not tried this yet.
Its the MoCo damper, they're quite a simple fork and lack small bump sensitivity. I ran one for many years on my last bike and upgrading to a Fox 34 with the Fit 4 damper was an absolute revelation in terms of plushness.
I'm pretty sure that you can replace the damper in newer Rebas with something plusher (like the damper from the SID) if you have the cash and the lack of plushness bothers you.
That's how MOCO dampers are compared to Debonair.