Checking back in after a couple of months.
I have the RC2 PCS damper. The squeaking was just on the rebound settings. The faster the rebound, the louder the squeak. I was basically the laughing stock of my buddies for an entire day at the DH track. It sounded like I was pounding a mouse to death at the rock garden.
I had it warrantied that evening (thanks, Decimal Cycles!) and the replacement still had a bit of a squeak but not as scandalously loud as the first one, and only on the fastest 4-5 clicks of rebound.
Outside of the noise, this is a great fork. I was essentially thinking this to be something to tide me by until the Lyrik Ultimate arrived. The Ultimate has been here a month now and I'm still hesitant to upgrade. One adjective that I could describe this fork is sure-footed, it will allow you to go where you want it to go. It is as close as it gets to riding a dual crown 170mm fork. After you get the settings dialed, you will hardly notice that it's there. This is absolutely great value for US$380 (the Lyrik is about US$1000 here).
Will do a lower leg service in August and will also reduce the travel to 160mm to see how that works out.
For reference, I'm about 140 lbs, riding a Kona Process 153 mullet build (using a 29r frame).
Spring rate: 70 psi with only 1 volume spacer
Damping (clicks): Rebound is 14/25, HSC is 2/5, LSC is 4/17
July 26, 2019, 12:37 a.m. - Kent Saga
Checking back in after a couple of months. I have the RC2 PCS damper. The squeaking was just on the rebound settings. The faster the rebound, the louder the squeak. I was basically the laughing stock of my buddies for an entire day at the DH track. It sounded like I was pounding a mouse to death at the rock garden. I had it warrantied that evening (thanks, Decimal Cycles!) and the replacement still had a bit of a squeak but not as scandalously loud as the first one, and only on the fastest 4-5 clicks of rebound. Outside of the noise, this is a great fork. I was essentially thinking this to be something to tide me by until the Lyrik Ultimate arrived. The Ultimate has been here a month now and I'm still hesitant to upgrade. One adjective that I could describe this fork is sure-footed, it will allow you to go where you want it to go. It is as close as it gets to riding a dual crown 170mm fork. After you get the settings dialed, you will hardly notice that it's there. This is absolutely great value for US$380 (the Lyrik is about US$1000 here). Will do a lower leg service in August and will also reduce the travel to 160mm to see how that works out. For reference, I'm about 140 lbs, riding a Kona Process 153 mullet build (using a 29r frame). Spring rate: 70 psi with only 1 volume spacer Damping (clicks): Rebound is 14/25, HSC is 2/5, LSC is 4/17