"I understand from the MTBR forums that the issue at the moment is that a lot of the longer travel bikes use a fairly high leverage ratio (3:1+) which works the shock very hard. On an air shock, this results in the air heating up, so the spring rate changes. On this basis, few of the suspension gurus are recommending air shocks for heavy long travel use. I do think the performance gap is getting closer, but it ain't quite there yet." Redesign the shock set up so the leverage ratio is air. Thats just what i found on the topic in another forum. On some bikes an air shock will not effect performace at all, on some bikes it will not work with the suspension design or will wear out really fast. Sorry squid, but i think a DHX air on a bike like an orange is a bad idea, too much side loading on the shock which causes binding and redeuces the life of the shock, especially when the thing is as long as that, a little bit of flex in the swingarm over 3inchs equates to a fair bit of binding, smaller bikes like a patriot can get away with it. If the frame is deisgned right and reduces the loading on the shock, keeping with the single pivot theme say an ASX or foes with swing link, then i think they could work well in the long term.Īlso, air shocks tend to not work well on bikes that already have progressive linkages, such as a turner DHR. This is all my opinon after reading a bit about them, please correct me if im wrong.A Publication of the Internet Scout ProjectĬomputer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison In summary, air shocks can work well but the bike needs to be designed around it to a certain degree to get the best life out of it. The target audience of the new Scout Report for Science & Engineering is faculty, students, staff, and librarians in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering. Each biweekly issue offers a selective collection of Internet resources covering topics in the sciences, and related fields such as math and engineering, that have been chosen by librarians and content specialists in the given field of study. The Scout Report for Science & Engineering is also provided via email once every two weeks. Subscription information is included at the bottom of each issue. Geology 101 at University of Washington.International Association for Great Lakes Research.Wildlife Australia: Endangered Species Program.Annotated List of 36 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs): Fiscal Year 2001.TIGR BLAST Search Engine for Unfinished Microbial Genomes.Sample Climate Maps from the Climate Atlas of the Contiguous United States.Negotiating Protection of the Earth's Ozone LayerĪ collaborative project of CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) and NOAA (the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), the Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC) strives "to identify the nature and causes of climate variations, on time scales ranging from a month to centuries" so as to predict future climate.The homepage offers a host of online information, from a broad overview of climate diagnostics, to research summaries on interseasonal/ interannual climate variability or Hydrologic Cycle Studies, to a What's New? section giving the latest research results and current job opportunities. For researchers and students alike this Webpage will be a useful information hub. Scientific Web, a metasite posted by German computer scientist Stefan Steinhaus, is an excellent resource for people interested in learning about software available for a variety of scientific disciplines. Biology, chemistry, math, and statistics are among the disciplines for which software descriptions and links are available. The site is in table format: under each discipline heading is a hyperlinked list of software packages. Scientific Web also provides links to pages with software demo versions, product announcements, lists and usergroups, test reports, and more.Ĭlick on the software package name, and you are taken to a page displaying the product maker, system requirements, data and graphics format, and a one- or two-paragraph description of the software's capabilities. Scientific Web is available in its original German language format or in English (the imperfect English does not detract from the site's utility).
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