Hi all
2 weeks back, picked up a 2008 Jamis Parker 3 for the disgustingly low price of $1500 AUD (Thats $958 US for a brand new 08 )
Anyway, i was super excited to try the lyric, however i soon read about the amount of problems people had with bushing slop, and bingo, as if by magic, mine packed it up and started slopping all over the place (So much for the f%^king powerbuldges :madman: ). When you ride 08 Marzocchi, you get used to this, but on the lyric it feels worse.
Now ive read that most of the lowers that SRAM sends back for replacement have bushing slop aswell. As far as im aware, this slop isnt present in the domains, and the lowers on the domains are identical to the Lyrics. Do you think that SRAM will replace the lyric lowers with that of the domains?
ok, gotta get this rant off my chest
This bushing slop makes me wonder how much material supports the bushings of todays forks, apparently not much, why?, to save motherf%^king 87.75739346394873 grams of f^&king weight:madman: the weight of a couple of credit cards in your wallet. Has the DH/FR community become as vain as road and xc weight weenies?, do people actually think that 87 grams of weight loss makes a sizable difference? that it will get you across that finish line quicker? Jesus, go take a sh!t before your race, 300-800 gram weight saving:skep: you'll feel better to.
God i wish we could go back to the freeride days of the early 2000's. People didn't care about how much there rig weighed, just throw it off the cliff and see what happens. While on a recent trip i got to ride a 03-04 shiver, and all i can say is wow. Weighed alot, but i didn't care at all, the thing was mechanical art, built like a brick sh!thouse, ploughed through anything that was inf ront of it. Hell place a small child in front and you wouldn't feel the impact. No bushing slop, no creeking hardware, no leaking seals, how about we bring back the days in which weight wasn't an issue. What did we get, durabiltity. You all have thought of it at one stage, example, how many of you's liked 00-06 marzocchi? 07 maybe was ok, then bam!, down the crapper for 08, and looking like it for 09. Another example, Rockshox this time. Think of the domain, lyric and totem. How many problems have been reported with the fancy, complex lyric and totem? especially the air sprung (my absolute hate) models. Now think of the domain, no ********. Simple, easy to use, and tough as nails. many happy customers
I hope that one day companies will stop gloating about how there new fork saves 43.73932820328 grams through the use of thinner lowers or carbon fibre (GAAAAAH :madman: ) parts over last years fork, and start gloating about how they ploughed it through rock gardens the size of the grand canyon, drowned it in 2 metres of water, thrown it off Burj Dubai and took it for a DH run down Mt Everest, and yet it came fighting back for more, despite being 500grams heavier (Weight of average turd)
ok rant over, flame if u wish:thumbsup:
2 weeks back, picked up a 2008 Jamis Parker 3 for the disgustingly low price of $1500 AUD (Thats $958 US for a brand new 08 )
Anyway, i was super excited to try the lyric, however i soon read about the amount of problems people had with bushing slop, and bingo, as if by magic, mine packed it up and started slopping all over the place (So much for the f%^king powerbuldges :madman: ). When you ride 08 Marzocchi, you get used to this, but on the lyric it feels worse.
Now ive read that most of the lowers that SRAM sends back for replacement have bushing slop aswell. As far as im aware, this slop isnt present in the domains, and the lowers on the domains are identical to the Lyrics. Do you think that SRAM will replace the lyric lowers with that of the domains?
ok, gotta get this rant off my chest
This bushing slop makes me wonder how much material supports the bushings of todays forks, apparently not much, why?, to save motherf%^king 87.75739346394873 grams of f^&king weight:madman: the weight of a couple of credit cards in your wallet. Has the DH/FR community become as vain as road and xc weight weenies?, do people actually think that 87 grams of weight loss makes a sizable difference? that it will get you across that finish line quicker? Jesus, go take a sh!t before your race, 300-800 gram weight saving:skep: you'll feel better to.
God i wish we could go back to the freeride days of the early 2000's. People didn't care about how much there rig weighed, just throw it off the cliff and see what happens. While on a recent trip i got to ride a 03-04 shiver, and all i can say is wow. Weighed alot, but i didn't care at all, the thing was mechanical art, built like a brick sh!thouse, ploughed through anything that was inf ront of it. Hell place a small child in front and you wouldn't feel the impact. No bushing slop, no creeking hardware, no leaking seals, how about we bring back the days in which weight wasn't an issue. What did we get, durabiltity. You all have thought of it at one stage, example, how many of you's liked 00-06 marzocchi? 07 maybe was ok, then bam!, down the crapper for 08, and looking like it for 09. Another example, Rockshox this time. Think of the domain, lyric and totem. How many problems have been reported with the fancy, complex lyric and totem? especially the air sprung (my absolute hate) models. Now think of the domain, no ********. Simple, easy to use, and tough as nails. many happy customers
I hope that one day companies will stop gloating about how there new fork saves 43.73932820328 grams through the use of thinner lowers or carbon fibre (GAAAAAH :madman: ) parts over last years fork, and start gloating about how they ploughed it through rock gardens the size of the grand canyon, drowned it in 2 metres of water, thrown it off Burj Dubai and took it for a DH run down Mt Everest, and yet it came fighting back for more, despite being 500grams heavier (Weight of average turd)
ok rant over, flame if u wish:thumbsup: