Shiver on my Banshee

Hey anyone else have this prob?

I put my Shiver on the Banshee and with the head tube size, stack height of the FSA pig headset, I can get 193mm clearance as recommended by Marz…

but…

the upper crown is just barely holding onto enough upper tube. Definitely not within Marz specs.

Does Marz make a drop crown? or should I just try and find a lower stack height headset?

yeah they make a drop crown.
they're like a million bucks, too.

pip

DAmn. What to do then?

Pip you must know of a good/cheap lower stack headset then the PIG.

Oh yeah
Does Banshee spec Shivers OEM?

Or I'm guessing not because of the drop crown thing.

Originally posted by flowrider
**DAmn. What to do then?

Pip you must know of a good/cheap lower stack headset then the PIG. **

blackspire

very low stack

blackspire also = $$$$$$$

probably way more than what I have.

if u got enough money to by a shiver and a scream i think u should probly be able to get a nice headset to go along with that fork

NO need biking fiend. I buy cheap ones cuz I seem to go through them too quick.

move the lower crowns lower down on the legs.
i ran that shiver on my vps1,and it did not ever bottom.
my vps has a 7 inch headtube/headset stack hight, and i'm assuming you're banshee is significantly lower.

IF you arent using it get the integrated stem. This should solve any issues. I have a monster on mine with this stem and have about 2" of extra space.

Originally posted by trail worker
move the lower crowns lower down on the legs.
i ran that shiver on my vps1,and it did not ever bottom.
my vps has a 7 inch headtube/headset stack hight, and i'm assuming you're banshee is significantly lower.

I could do that but I won't get the full 190mm of travel. When I got the forks from you they had too much oil in them so they ramped up hard at the end. I got the correct amount of oil now and the full amount of travel:D

Originally posted by Monster Mike
IF you arent using it get the integrated stem. This should solve any issues. I have a monster on mine with this stem and have about 2" of extra space.

Stem length is fine. It's just the bottom of the crown to the top of the tire distance that's the problem.

What do you mean when you say "stack height?" I have a shiver that I am putting on a big hit and I have a pig dh headset.

run the crowns a tad lower on the legs.you won't even notice the loss of 5-10mm of travel.just add a capful of oil to each leg and they will ramp up well before they would come close to hitting the crown.
i don't know how you could find they "ramped up" too much.i weigh like probably 30 pounds less than you(I'm 170lbs), and i the forks where perfect.
just throw in a bit more oil,and go bigger than you do now to keep them from "ramping up"
obviously,going bigger is the only solution to this problem;) :P