Exactly three hours ago I was like "these volume spacers have been sitting in my drawer for months, might as well finally get around to putting one in." Nice timing!
Never really thought about putting spacers in my shock till now. Always thought it was a little difficult to do but you have now changed my mind. Thank you and keep up the great vids.
Welcome to QLD Phil! I live a block from Daisy Hill. Yes please, do ride videos and maybe meet and greet. There are some fast and skilled guys around. I am sure you will get to meet all of them soon enough. Great content! Love the tech talk, it helps a lot.
Great video Phil! You'll definitely find less rocky and more dusty trails - compared to Sydney - while you explore the SEQ trails. Can't wait to meet you once you get some social rides going 😊
With everyone saying ‘come ride this trail’, everyone is a little biased because their trails are the best obviously 😉. But not because you asked for it, but here is the run down: (North -> south) Tewantin - flowy, awesome jumps, well worth a day out or even shuttles. 9/10. Garapine (Private) - Used for racing and ride days, very fast and sometimes techy trails. Parklands - a good mix of tech, some cool features. 7.5/10. Sugarbag Rd (Caloundra) - small and awesome fun with a lot of man made wooden features to keep it interesting. 8/10. Clear Mountain - black DH shuttle run with alt lines. Fast and a lot of speed gaps. 8/10. Bunya (Jinker Track) - a good mix of tech and flow, best served on a 120-140mm trail bike. 7/10. Ironbark (Samford Conservation) - sometimes steep climbs met with fast and flowy single track descents, has a great skills park. 8/10. Gap Creek reserve - Honestly, a lot of pedalling for some good trails. If you’re looking for excellent black runs, this isn’t the place. 7/10. Castle Hill (Ipswich) - Fast and techy, winch and plummet style. If you like testing rims and suspension, this is a solid start. 8.5/10. Redlands (Scribbly Gums) - If you need somewhere to teach your kids mtb... (5.5/10). Bayview - flowy, sometimes steep. Has a great loop at the main entrance for easy laps. 7.5/10. Daisy Hill - flat and pedally, some nice flow, the ‘I’m going for a lap after work’ spot. 7/10. Cornubia - Daisy but with trails that could hurt you. 7.5/10. Nerang - Rocks, rocks and more rocks. A lot of kms of trail, and it gets steep, the proper DH runs were bulldozed. 8/10. Old Tambo DH (Mt Tamborine) - Single black DH run with some awesome flow and tech, best served with an Enduro bike (a bit of pedalling). Does get steep though. 8/10. Mt Joyce - They took the gradings here from Canada, not Brisbane City Council. Has shuttles on weekends. Greens are techy, blues are blues and the blacks can’t be smashed out on a trail bike... comfortably. Has proper double-black DH lines. Fun, fast, and raw. 9/10. Kooralbyn - a bit of everything, gets very hot to pedal in summer. Some fun flowy greens through to proper blacks. 8.5/10. Boomerang Farm Bike Park - it lives up to the reputation. 9.5/10. NV Gravity Park - Good for a day out, I’d prefer Boomers. 8.5/10. Reedy Creek - Wouldn’t travel to ride it. 6/10.
He's not wrong about any of this. I'm itching to get out to Joyce, I've been wanting to cut laps at a difficult place haha. Tewantin is the best place for awesome trails with a climb that doesn't kill you. And Boomers is the best we have, followed by Garapine (When you can get shuttles, though the climb isn't that bad in winter)
You should definitely check out Boomerang farm in the Gold Coast, gap creek in Brisbane, Tewantin and sugarbag road in the Sunshine Coast and victory heights in Gympie.
@@mitchturton8527 It’s been 7yrs since I went myself, but recent videos show it’s better than when I was last there-I thought it was awesome back in 2014, but it looks way better now! www.trailforks.com/region/mt-joyce-recreation-escape-park-13304/
Amazing video as always!!! (Even though I'm on a hardtail I still watched it because why not) and also, are you on the southside or northside at the moment?
I just ordered the T8 to get back in to shape for motocross, super excited! I’m a bigger guy at 6’2 225lb so I’m guessing I’ll want to do spacers in front and rear as soon as I get the bike, do you have a link for the front spacers as well? Kind of confused with those since fox doesn’t actually sell the forks aftermarket on their site, only as oem on the T8.
I'm loving the channel man I'm about to buy. I'm debating between the polygon vander t7 or a 2016 giant trance both 27.5 any help would be much appreciated I ride mainly trails and downhill. Ride safe keep up the killer videos
Hi can you refresh the link in the description for the volume spacers of the DPS model? I am tryng to find the correct model on the web but i don't know what to choose. i think the link is old
Hi! Do you think Fox DPS is good to enduro/trail rides the ocasional 1 or 2 races a year (enduro)? I´m thinking buying one like yours in the video. I´m worring if it is more to xc side than donwhill side. Do u think is a good all around shox? Thanks and nice video!
Gonna pretty much ride like a hard tail mine does on the float X with 0.9 spacer at 40% I can't get anymore PSI in the shock to get the 30% so will have to remove it for the 0.7 to get the extra PSI I need
Bloody hell, I'm using 250psi for 28% sag on my trek fuel ex7 2019 XL with my puny 80kg and still escorting sag ring to very bottom of the shaft each mild ride. I'll be chucking spacers at my float dps like grain at birds 😂
Hey bud how many volume spacers did you end up with on the fork? Did you ever switch out the crank arms to 170mm? I love my T8 but the combination of low BB drop, maybe my riding style, and lack there of volume spacers, I get pedal strikes on just about every ride with the last one taking out for a couple of months due to some fractures. I would think it would ride higher in its travel by adding the spacers, but curious to see what think. Miss riding my T8 : (
Hi Izaar, I ended up with 3 at the moment, could go 4 tbh. I bought some 170mm cranks but and having some trouble with the spacing (my lack of knowledge there). The BB is low so shorter cranks will provide the biggest help there. If you are under around 185-186cm I would go 165 cranks. But the bike will ride a little higher with the spacers too. Sorry to hear about the crash :(
@@trailtalkmtb6603 Excellent and thank you! I will let you know how it rides after the changes, approximately within 6 weeks once physical therapy is over. Plan on swapping/adding spacers and getting bike riding higher before changing the out the crank arms. 1 variable at a time.
So in addition to not bottoming out, does the reduction in volume get you more pop from the rear without having to speed up the rebound too much? I find th is to be an issue on my marin rift zone.
I would say yes as they is a bit more to push against then it feels more poppy too. That energy isnt wasted so when you push into something it will feel like you are getting rewarded more.
@@trailtalkmtb6603 I'm ~90 kg and just swapped out that tiny little pink 0,2 spacer that my shock came with. Opted for the yellow 0,6 since that felt like a huge leap. Now your saying I perhaps should try the biggest (red 0.95) that would swap me fully to the other side of the spectrum 😂 I'm on a YT Jeffsy and I think the linkage is considered quite progressive so maybe the middle ground will be fine..Really curious to see what's gonna happen!
@@nosreuter my suggestions are really only limited to the siskiu t in this example. Every bike is different in terms of progression so the .6 on the jeffsy might be perfect
I just purchased a Polygon T8. My bodyweight is 112kg. Do you recommend me to add a spacer to my rear shock? If yes, what is the size? And what immediate difference can I feel? Thank you so much
I've always done both. I'd say taking it out is just as important as this would be where it would suck down if it's not balanced but I'm not an engineer hahaha
Sadly no one is warning people about fox spacers minefield. The are big data sheets with models and their limitations, because most their shocks has collision inside when you put the larger ones in. So yeah, here's how to mount a spacer, now go have fun!
