 You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
I'm building up an old S-Works Enduro from 2004 and notice it has a "flip-flop" linkage. I'm struggling to find out exactly what that means. I read something about it giving you 2 setups of geometry.
Can anyone shine any light on this?
Cheers, Jon.
The 2 settings are normally written on the link, it goes from steep with high BB to slack with low BB I think, about a degree of difference I think and not much in the BB. I used to run mine in steep but with a 150mm fork to keep it balanced (till it snapped - check the inside of the chain stays)
Right. I see. How do you switch from one setting to another?
I only ride trails and have an old set of 125 Vanillas up front.
also nothing more in the manual but there are 4 washers in there that are a bugger to get back in - don't do it over gravel
edit - flip it over, it only fits in 2 ways
The bolt that holds the shock in the flip-flop link is offset slightly, so it'll either set the head angle at 70.5 or 69.5 degrees. The latter setting drops the bottom bracket slightly.
+1 for the four washers that are a PITA. Your best bet is to pack the bearings with grease, which should help hold the washers in place.
Brilliant. Cheers fellas. I think I'll leave it in the high bb position to keep it how I'd ride it 90% of the time.
I was going to suggest trying one, then trying the other see which you prefer.