The
adjustable air spring
is progressive enough to collect big stuff rather than blowing straight through the travel. Travel can be switched to 80 or 120mm internally if you don’t mind a bit of disassembly.
Is suntour Raidon good?
The Suntour Raidon comes with a compression dial, rebound adjust, and a proprietary axle—the Q LOC. The rebound functioned appropriately and is the one adjustment that performed well. The compression adjust is loose and light plastic; definitely feels “bare bones.” However, given the price point,
it is reasonable
.
Is suntour Raidon air?
The
air spring design allows for riders to set their preferred pressure to make the fork feel how they want
. Light weight 32mm stanchion tubes and chassis make for a good handling and stiff XC fork.
How do you adjust a Raidon fork on a suntour?
Turn the adjusting screw counter-clockwise (less damping) to increase the compression speed of your fork. Turn it clockwise (more damping) to reduce the compression speed
. rebound damping allows you to adjust the speed with which the fork rebounds after it was compressed.
How do I service my SunTour Raidon?
Who owns SunTour forks?
In 1988 the SunTour name was purchased and revived by Sakae Ringyo Company, (now owned by
Mori Industries Inc.
) with a capital investment of 45,000,000 NT$ in Tokyo, Japan, thus becoming SR-SunTour. The new SR-SunTour parts are not compatible with the original SunTour parts.
Are Suntour suspension forks any good?
We were thoroughly impressed with the performance of the SR Suntour Auron, TriAir package
. Even though the fork makes a sloshy-kind of sound under rebound, it’s a noise we can deal with for the performance/value ratio. The noise is easy to forgive with the amount of confidence and control gained.
Is Suntour XCT good?
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How do you set the air pressure on a fork?
How do you adjust air suspension forks?
Do Suntour forks use oil?
All SR SUNTOUR forks are lubricated from our factory using proprietary grease
. This grease can break down over time and have an oil-like appearance. It should be wiped away from the stanchion tubes with a clean, dry rag. Over the course of time, new grease should be applied at 50 hours of use or sooner.
How do I know if my SR SUNTOUR is real?
On the left side of the lower you should find a sticker
. This is for model identification. The needled number on the crown is for production date identification.
How do you clean SR SUNTOUR forks?
When did SunTour go out of business?
SunTour went out of business in
the 1990s
, but the company still is fondly remembered by many cyclists today. Now Hideki Sasaki has added new books on SunTour to his “Derailleurs of the World” series. These books are the most complete catalogues of classic derailleurs.
What happened to SunTour?
In the meantime,
SunTour underwent a change of ownership, coming under the umbrella of Mori Industries
, which had recently bought chainset maker Sakae Ringyo. Mori moved the production of most SR-SunTour components to Taiwan.
Is SunTour compatible with Shimano?
The Suntour cassettes mounting is
not compatible with Shimano or Campy
. The Suntour cassette 7 speed spacing is the same as Shimano.
Is Suntour XCT air?
The XCR 24 air kids fork is ready to tackle you local trail and single track. All the features found in our adult XC forks, only miniaturized for the up and coming little shredder.
Light weight and strong chassis with air settings and lockout
. Easy to set up and designed for miles of use with minimal maintenance.
Is SR Suntour XCR air?
The XCR 32 LO R AIR is
SR SUNTOUR’s first offering of an air sprung fork in our XC category of suspension forks
. It features externally adjustable rebound, and air spring for a more precise set up and a hydraulic lockout that can be used on the fly.
Is DVO suntour?
Founded in 2012 by former Marzocchi employees, DVO started with a team that knew how to engineer and market their product. That’s most of the marinade, but the fledgling brand needed production lines. For those, it turned to
SR Suntour, which manufactures all DVO suspension
.
Is Suntour XCT or Xcm better?
Registered.
XCR is really similar to the XCM but is a lighter build
, which, given the coil, functionally makes them very close. The XCT is almost a hybrid fork. The build is much less dialed, and it isn’t really meant for riding where the front wheel spends much time off the ground.
