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in my hora-like quest for a better bike, I'm considering a 2010 Tracer VP frame and shock
it comes with an RP23 (that I believe hasn't been used much as the original owner used a CCDB)
Is the RP23 a decent shock for all-mountain stuff, does it work for that bike, can it be tuned and does it need the air can shim (like the old DHX air)
They're good shocks. Although not perfect if it's long travel combined with heavy rider. Mine went to TF Tuned after the boost valve went (2 years heavy use) and I had the PUSH upgrade and a bit of tweaking done to get it right. Which still worked out less than a new stock shock.
Couldn't be happier with it. Now it's set up how I want it I don't need millions of adjustments and settings. Just a few clicks of rebound and a few PSI depending on what I'm riding.
Tom KP
One thing I read was if you are riding a single pivot- go slightly higher on the psi than your actual weight. Such frames as the Orange Five/patriot 'prefer' this.
Great shocks I think and for UK riding- can you really beat a RP23 for most of the riding we have?
cheers - I'll have a play with it once I get it and see how it rides
just needed to know if I should plan to get rid, and it seems not
just looked at that link hora - perfect, cheers!!
Used an RP23 BV on a Patriot and it was mint - made my heavy CCDB redundant.